THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
1920S AMERICAN CULTURE
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
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John Steinbeck
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Upton Sinclair
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Langston Hughes
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Detailed explanation-1: -Scott Fitzgerald, in full Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald, (born September 24, 1896, St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.-died December 21, 1940, Hollywood, California), American short-story writer and novelist famous for his depictions of the Jazz Age (the 1920s), his most brilliant novel being The Great Gatsby (1925).
Detailed explanation-2: -This Side of Paradise (1920) Fitzgerald’s debut novel made him famous and provided the prosperity he and his wife, Zelda, needed to lead a lavish lifestyle. A portrait of the Lost Generation, the novel addresses Fitzgerald’s later theme of love distorted by social climbing and greed.
Detailed explanation-3: -Tales of the Jazz Age (1922) is a collection of eleven short stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Detailed explanation-4: -Jazz grew out of the era’s ragtime music, and its influence was not restricted to the musical arena. Author F. Scott Fitzgerald labeled the period from the end of the Great War to the Great Depression as the “Jazz Age” as much for the cultural change it brought about as the music that defined it.