“Lost+Generation”+of+Writers

The "Lost Generation" of writers were post World War 1 writers that tried to abandon the pre-WWI principles and values. These writers brought on a new realistic way of writing leaving the old romantic way behind, thus unifying the nation with real life issues.

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Where did the phrase "Lost Generation" come from? What is "The Lost Generation"?
 * Gertrude Stein coined the phrase "Lost Generation" from supposedly having heard her french auto mechanic say "une generation perdue" (a lost generation) referring to his young workers' poor mechanic skills
 * F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, and John Dos Passos are the three most famous Lost generation writers.
 * The Lost Generation of writers refers to a group of writers in the 1920's
 * Stein used the phrase to describe the people of that time who rejected post World War 1 Values.

What did "The Lost Generation" do? A new way of writing was formed
 * Ernest Hemingway, who volunteered to fight the Italians in WWI, led the Lost Generation.
 * Vocal rebellion against social, sexual, and aesthetic conventions was brought on in the years immediately following World War 1 in an attempt to establish new values.
 * These young artists congregated in Greenwich Village, Chicago, and San Fransisco. Others flocked to Europe, mainly Paris, living as expatriates.
 * The writers created new literature out of their disillusion and rejection.
 * They openly accepted the name Lost Generation.
 * The realist way of writing was formed
 * The romantic clichés were abandoned for extreme realism and complex symbolism.
 * Censorship was a thing of the past.
 * Frank language and influences of new psychology and Marxian social theory was much more present.

Lost Generation writers compared to today
 * The romantic way of writing is no longer so strong.
 * Most writers of today are realists and/or naturalists.
 * Today we expect the ordinary novel of today to be based on our own world aside from the fantasy and horror genres.