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The Lost Generation: A Revision of The Movement

The document defines and discusses the "Lost Generation", a term used to describe post-World War I writers in the 1920s. The phrase was coined by Gertrude Stein and referred to a generation disillusioned by war, characterized by lost values and despair leading to hedonism. Famous writers of this movement include Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, T.S. Eliot, and Ezra Pound, who were expatriate writers living in Europe after the war. Common themes in their works included economy of language, references to war, symbolism, and rejection of Victorian conventions.

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The Lost Generation: A Revision of The Movement

The document defines and discusses the "Lost Generation", a term used to describe post-World War I writers in the 1920s. The phrase was coined by Gertrude Stein and referred to a generation disillusioned by war, characterized by lost values and despair leading to hedonism. Famous writers of this movement include Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, T.S. Eliot, and Ezra Pound, who were expatriate writers living in Europe after the war. Common themes in their works included economy of language, references to war, symbolism, and rejection of Victorian conventions.

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The Lost Generation

A Revision of the Movement

The Lost Generation


That is what you are. Thats what you all are
all of you young people who served in the war.
You are a lost generation.
- Gertrude Stein
Who is calling who a lost generation?
- Ernest Hemingway

Pictured: Gertrude Stein with Ernest Hemingways son, Jack

The Lost Generation


Term used to describe the generation of writers
active immediately after World War I (post 1920s)
Gertrude Stein became famous for the using the
phrase, borrowed from a car mechanics criticism of
twenty-year-old slackers
The phrase signifies a disillusioned postwar
generation characterized by
Lost values
Lost belief in the idea of human progress
A mood of futility and despair leading to hedonism

What else makes something a Lost


Generation story?
Economy of Language
Presence of War (overt or implied)
Iceberg Theory
You have to make inferences

Symbolism colors, nature, etc.


Alcohol
Jazz
Influence of European culture, art, etc.
Rejection of Victorian era style

Famous Writers of the Movement


The Lost Generation mostly includes expatriate
writers who left the United States for Europe
after WWI:

Ernest Hemingway
F. Scott Fitzgerald
T.S. Eliot
Ezra Pound

Works Cited
King, J. L. Notes on The Sun Also Rises, The
Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Works.
Toronto: Coles Pub., 1972. 5-59. Print.

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