Lost Generation (1 янв 1920 г. – 1 дек 1920 г.)

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-Characteristics-
After WWI, a group of American writers grew increasingly disillusioned by, and resistant to, what they saw as hypocrisy in dominant American ideology and culture. Many of these writers left America in search of a more artistic life in London or Paris.

-Major Writers or Works-
-Poetry: Ezra Pound.
-Prose: Gertrude Stein
-Novels: Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises.

-Fun facts-
1. Their office was a Parisian café.
Many of these writers spent hours writing and discussing ideas in cafés like the Café de Flore or Les Deux Magots in Paris. They didn't have formal offices: art and alcohol flowed equally at smoky tables.
2. Hemingway had a stuffed pig print called "Piggly."
During his time in Paris, Ernest Hemingway kept a stuffed pig as a sort of talisman or private joke, which speaks to his eccentric (and somewhat macabre) sense of humor.
3. They lived among modern art and legends.
Gertrude Stein, a key figure, had works by Picasso, Matisse, and Cézanne in her home before they were famous. Her salon was a meeting point for artists, writers, and modern art revolutionaries.
4. Publishing wasn't so easy... until Sylvia Beach helped.
Sylvia Beach, owner of the famous Shakespeare and Company bookstore, helped James Joyce publish Ulysses (banned in several countries) and was a major supporter of the Lost Generation, including Hemingway and Fitzgerald.
5. They lived fast, wrote hard, and drank more.
The bohemian lifestyle and the trauma of war led many of them to seek meaning in partying, alcohol, and art. F. Scott Fitzgerald and his wife Zelda were famous for their excesses and scandals.
6. The name "Lost Generation" has an accidental origin.
Gertrude Stein heard a French mechanic scold a young apprentice, telling him that his generation was "lost" (une génération perdue). She repeated the phrase to Hemingway, who used it as an epigraph in The Sun Also Rises.
7. They criticized the American Dream.
Although they were Americans, many felt disillusioned by postwar American society. Works like Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby show the empty side of materialism and the false promise of success.
8. They weren't all friends.
Although they were part of the same circle, Hemingway and Fitzgerald had a tense and ambivalent relationship. Hemingway even ridiculed Fitzgerald in his memoirs.

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