Marija Krsteva holds a PhD degree in American literature from the Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" in Bulgaria. Her area of interest involves American studies, history, culture and literature, mainly contemporary literature, life-writing and genre blending. She has worked at the University "Goce Delcev" in Stip, Faculty of Philology since 2012 where she teaches American studies. Marija Krsteva is a Hemingway Society fellow for 2017.

• Introduction1. Chapter One - Postmodern genre play1.1 Genre in literature1.2 Genre play in postmodern writing2. Chapter Two - Auto/Biography and literature2.1 Literary biography2.2 Biopreservation: the building block of postmodern literary biography 3. Chapter Three - F. Scot Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway as fictional characters3.1 Fictionalizing Hemingway3.2 Fictionalizing Fitzgerald4. Chapter Four - Narrative identity and image building in Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald5. Chapter Five - Narrative identity and image building in The Paris Wife6.Conclusion

Marija Krsteva holds a PhD degree in American literature from the Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" in Bulgaria. Her area of interest involves American studies, history, culture and literature, mainly contemporary literature, life-writing and genre blending. She has worked at the University "Goce Delcev" in Stip, Faculty of Philology since 2012 where she teaches American studies. Marija Krsteva is a Hemingway Society fellow for 2017.

• Introduction1. Chapter One - Postmodern genre play1.1 Genre in literature1.2 Genre play in postmodern writing2. Chapter Two - Auto/Biography and literature2.1 Literary biography2.2 Biopreservation: the building block of postmodern literary biography 3. Chapter Three - F. Scot Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway as fictional characters3.1 Fictionalizing Hemingway3.2 Fictionalizing Fitzgerald4. Chapter Four - Narrative identity and image building in Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald5. Chapter Five - Narrative identity and image building in The Paris Wife6.Conclusion

Marija Krsteva holds a PhD degree in American literature from the Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" in Bulgaria. Her area of interest involves American studies, history, culture and literature, mainly contemporary literature, life-writing and genre blending. She has worked at the University "Goce Delcev" in Stip, Faculty of Philology since 2012 where she teaches American studies. Marija Krsteva is a Hemingway Society fellow for 2017.

• Introduction1. Chapter One - Postmodern genre play1.1 Genre in literature1.2 Genre play in postmodern writing2. Chapter Two - Auto/Biography and literature2.1 Literary biography2.2 Biopreservation: the building block of postmodern literary biography 3. Chapter Three - F. Scot Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway as fictional characters3.1 Fictionalizing Hemingway3.2 Fictionalizing Fitzgerald4. Chapter Four - Narrative identity and image building in Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald5. Chapter Five - Narrative identity and image building in The Paris Wife6.Conclusion