The 1920's were a time of great social change. It was the most explosive decade of the century due to the clash from the world of fashion and the world of politics. It was the age of everything; the age of alcohol and lavish parties, the age of prohibition, the ago of prosperity, the age of new i...
John Roderigo Dos Passos (1896-1970) is recognized as one of the pre-eminent American authors of the 20th century. He was an American writer whose novels focusing on the hypocrisy and materialism of the U.S. between the two world wars, influenced several generations of American and European writers....
Ernest Hemingway was the most widely known American author of his generation, and perhaps of all time. Although an expatriate, through his life and works he touched upon the feelings and needs of countless Americans that were lost in history. These people were and are no less American, just Americ...
Lost Generation A group of U.S. writers who came of age during World War I and established their reputations in the 1920s; are called the "Lost Generation Writers". The term was coined by Gertrude Stein in a remark to Ernest Hemingway. The writers considered themselves "lost" because their inh...
Ernest Hemingway: 1950 - Death Ernest Hemingway was a famous American novelist, short-story writer and essayist. His writings have been recognized not just in the United States, but also all over the world. Hemingway's loves were bullfighting, wars, hunting, and fishing; which explains th...
