Head and Shoulders

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"Head and Shoulders" is a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, best known for its satirical portrayal of a brainy intellectual and a physically gifted acrobat whose fortunes comically reverse.

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instanceOf literary work
short story
author F. Scott Fitzgerald
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
firstPublicationYear 1920
genre comic fiction
satire
hasCollectionPublication included in early collections of Fitzgerald’s short stories
hasReception noted for its satirical portrayal of intellect and physical talent
hasTitleCharacterTrait Horace Tarbox is a prodigy and intellectual
Marcia Meadow is an acrobat
language English
literaryMovement American modernist fiction
Jazz Age literature
literaryStyle humorous
satirical
mainCharacter Horace Tarbox
Marcia Meadow
narrativePerspective third-person narration
originallyPublishedIn Flappers and Philosophers
partOf F. Scott Fitzgerald short fiction
plotCharacteristic features a comic reversal of roles between characters
publicationType magazine fiction
settingCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
settingPeriod early 20th century
theme intellect versus physicality
reversal of fortune
romantic relationships
social expectations
youth and ambition

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Flappers and Philosophers hasPart Head and Shoulders