THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
1920S AMERICAN CULTURE
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wrote in praise of capitalism
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left Greenwich Village to live out West
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created famous “jazz paintings
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left the country to live in Paris
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Detailed explanation-1: -The term embraces Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, John Dos Passos, E.E. Cummings, Archibald MacLeish, Hart Crane, and many other writers who made Paris the centre of their literary activities in the 1920s. They were never a literary school.
Detailed explanation-2: -Nabi Tajima, the last surviving person known to have been born in the 19th century, died in 2018. The final remaining veteran to have served in World War I in any capacity was Florence Green, who died in 2012, while Claude Choules, the last veteran to have been involved in combat, had died the previous year.
Detailed explanation-3: -Writers and artists expatriated for many reasons, but the members of the ‘lost generation’ moved to Paris to avoid the rigid prohibition state of mind prevalent in America. While in Paris they led completely unconventional lives compared to American standards in the early 20th century.
Detailed explanation-4: -The cafés – Les Deux Magots, Café de Flore and La Closerie des Lilas. If you’re wondering where to go for an introduction to the Parisian café culture of the 1920s, this is it. These three cafés were the favourite hangout spots for the Lost Generation in the 1920s.