*The+Lost+Generation+of+the+1920s


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THE LOST GENERATION OF THE 1920s.


The **__lost generation__** of the1920s was a group of writers born from 1883 to 1990. They moved to Paris (Paris was the advant grade for all areas of creativity.Escape from the austere materialism of american cities expecting to find literary freedom.) living there from 1920 to 1930, they had a profound impact in society and arts. The term the lost generation was obtained by Gertrude Stein referring to the young workerspoor auto mechanic repair skills. Gertrude Stein would take this phrase to define the people who rejected american post world war 1 values. The two presidents from this organization were Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower. The three best known writers among this period were; Ernest Hemingway, F.Scott Fitzgerald ,and John dos passos. This generation include distinguished artists such as; Ezra Pound, T.S. Eliot, Waldo Peirce, Alan Seeger, Sylvia Beach, and Erich Maria Remarque. ( karla.pd5 and http://www.montgomerycollege.edu/Departments/hpolscrv/jbolhofer.html )



SCHAKESPEARE and COMPANY.
Sylvia Beach was born in baltimore, maryland in 1887. She was an independent bookseller, publisher and promoter. Founder of shakespeare & Co.

This bookshop was important to the lost generation's members because they refuge in there during 1920s.There were __Andre Gide__, __T.S Elliot__, __Elzra Pound, John Dos Passos__, __Djuna Barnes__, and __Scott Fitzgerald__. The Schakespare worked as a post office, meeting place, money exchange office, publishing,and library. Beach was worried if the ate or not. She lent them books and money sometimes. Usually, literary revolution began in this library.


 * ** Sylvia Beach in her library, paris. **
 * She opened this library in 1919, #3 la rule de'l O'deon street .** ||




 * ** George wittman with his daugther (new owner). **
 * The orignal owner, Sylvia B. had to close in 1941 . George opened in 1951. ** ||

This generation is known as lost not because we forgot them rather because they expressed frequently a sensation of emotional confusion, sentation of lost from their own society. this group of writers believed that america was intolerant, materialistic, and unspiritual. For Example: Ww1 seemed to have destroyed the idea that if you acted virtuosly, good things would happen. Also, it critized american culture in a way of self destruction.(karla.pd5)

After World War I, American values began to go sour. The entire nation became self-conscious and unsure of itself. No one wanted to deal with world problems. Americans became frivolous and rebellious, questioning traditional values and beliefs. The saying of the twenties was “eat, drink, and be merry”, but it had its outcome: “for tomorrow we die.” Morals underwent a revolution. (http://www.freeonlineresearchpapers.com/lost-generation ).

When I now think of the “The Lost Generation”, I cannot help but think of a godless society that hopelessly turned to drinking and partying to forget life’s problems; a society that desperately pursued meaning in life after a period of such tragedy and despair. These characteristics so prevalent in the lives of many Americans were clearly present in the life of F. Scott Fitzgerald. (Epstein)


 * The phrase coined by** Gertrude Stein **, who said,**  That is what you are. that's what you all are... all of you young people whoserve in the war. You are a lost generation. It clearly, refers to his generation, those who are members of the age classes whic were called to duty in the Great War. ( [] )

They expressed their perspective through novels (Literary Works) showing up their dissapointments with american culture trying desperetaly to live normal lives regardless of the tragic effects of the great world war, toward such they offer; youthful idealism, sougth the meaning of life, rejected modern american materialism. (karla.pd5)

=gossips = __** did you know... **__

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 * ** Ernest H. ** || Thanks to Hemingway love, (who broke his heart; causing him frustration and humiliation. She denied having slept with him..mmmm … unfortunally the evidence found under his bed doesn’t say that..uups!!) it helped him to write a good book ‘’a farewells to arms’’ .. good for her!! ||
 * ** F.Scott **
 * F. ** || What a player …f.scott fitzgerald… yeap he was playing a double game cheating his wife, Zelda S. with his lover sheilah graham ,a gossip columnist in Hollywood!.. ||

Examples from prominent Authros.
//**__ Estern Hemingway __**// led in the adaptaction of the technique of naturalism in literature; wrote the sun also rises, a naturalistic novel that included post war disillusionment.

__//** John Dos Passos **//__ questioned the meaning of medern life; his novel Manhatten Transfer portrays the hopelessness of live in america cities.




 * //__ F.Scott Fitzgerald __//**portrayed the spirit of the Jazz Age; wrote the great gatsby, which also was an expression of disillusionment.

The lost generation included the modernist movement in art and writting joined with surrealist movement frequently holding radicals politics ideas taking exclusion in society. They helped to stablish many of the styles and themes that are still used in literature today. The novels issued by writers of the lost generation give insight to the lifestyles that people lead during the 1920s in america, and literary works were innovative for their time and have influenced many future generations in their Artistic Innovation.Their comment about society have no been very welcome after all in that time. However they became icons for too many members of literary works.(karla.pd5).

The following video was written by Jonathan Reed (is a perfect example from their poems style);when we first read the poem seem to be a meancholic monologue, which falls in a read and reverse pattern. ( [] )

If you wanna see more check this video.( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXvuHUrH-14 )