Update, October 2026: We are saddened to share the news that Dr. Bryant Mangum, Emeritus Professor of English in the College of Humanities and Sciences at Virginia Commonwealth University, passed away in September, 2026 at the age of 83. His career spanned more than 50 years and he will be remembered for his immense knowledge, his groundbreaking scholarship, and his sustained mentorship for students. Read more from VCU News.
Per Mangum’s wishes, this website will live on as a resource for information about his teaching and his work on Alice Adams, F. Scott Fitzgerald, The New Yorker, and many other topics of interest.
Please contact Dr. Aíne Norris for questions regarding this website, its contents, or Mangum’s works.
Books by Bryant Mangum
Understanding Alice Adams (Columbia, S.C.: University of South Carolina Press, 2019).
F. Scott Fitzgerald in Context, edited with an introduction by Bryant Mangum (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2013; paperback 2015).
Best Early Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald, edited with an introduction by Bryant Mangum (New York: Random House, 2005).
A Fortune Yet: Money in the Art of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Short Stories (New York: Garland, 1991). (Please note: As of 2025, this title is now available in full on Internet Archive)
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