
"The Crack-Up"
F. Scott Fitzgerald · 1936
Fitzgerald's mid-career breakdown, written with ruined elegance. "In a real dark night of the soul it is always three o'clock in the morning." The confessional essay before it was a genre. More honest than any of his fiction.
Essays · the Pro canon
The case for it, the case against, and the rest of the canon open with Pro.