Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Lost Generation

Lost Generation refers to the time between the end of World War I and the Great Depression. The literature that falls into this category tell coming of age stories during and after WWI.  Ernest Hemingway was the one to popularize the term in works such as The Sun Also Rises and A Moveable Feast. But it is Gertrude Stein who gets credit for the term. Authors of this era included  F. Scott Fitzgerald,T. S. EliotJohn Dos PassosWaldo PeirceIsadora DuncanAbraham WalkowitzAlan Seeger, and Erich Maria Remarque

There are novels. paintings, dance, poetry within this genre. Including All Quiet on the Western Front

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