ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

JAMES JOYCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Why did the writer settle in Paris?
A
to be a bum
B
To marry
C
To study mythology
D
to study literature
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Ernest Hemingway moved to Paris in 1921, with his wife Hadley, to work as a foreign correspondent for the Toronto Daily Star, and to write. He met, drank with, loved, and loathed people like Gertrude Stein, James Joyce, Ezra Pound, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Joan Miró, even Pablo Picasso.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Lost Generation Many of this generation who considered themselves writers and artists ended up living in Paris during the 1920s and ‘30s. They came from the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada. The term “Lost Generation” was coined by Gertrude Stein.

Detailed explanation-3: -Gertrude Stein was an American novelist, poet, playwright, and art collector. She moved to Paris in 1903, where she hosted a salon at 27 Rue de Fleurus, enabling the leading figures of modernism in literature and art, such as Pablo Picasso, Ernest Hemingway, F.

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