Lost generation

Virginia Woolf was the hub of a group of artists and writers known as the Bloomsbury Group, which was formed at the beginning of the 20th Century.

Elizabeth Hadley Richardson was the first wife of Ernest Hemingway. Falling in love with Hemingway, she said, was a “great explosion into life.”

Lost Generation icons

The status of affairs in America in the years following the First World War spawned a generation of authors termed “the lost generation.” In response to the political and social atmosphere of the United States these authors sought cultural...

Twentieth-century American poetry has been one of the glories of modern literature. The most significant names and texts are known worldwide: T.S. Eliot, Robert Frost, William Carlos Williams, Wallace Stevens, Marianne Moore, Hart Crane, Robert Lowell, John Berryman, Elizabeth Bishop (and some would include Ezra Pound). Rita Dove, a recent poet laureate (1993–1995), has decided, in her new anthology of poetry of the past century, to shift the balance, introducing more black poets and giving…

Betty Field, center, and Alan Ladd, right, in the 1949 film version of The Great Gatsby.

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Lost Generation Poem (read the poem line by line from top to bottom, then read again, line by line from the bottom to the top.)

The lost generation is a name giving by people mostly the youngsters who disrespect the values of their own cultures. If you’re part of the lost generation then this is the right design for you. Giving a some sort of urban feel. / ‘’Wear It With Pride’’ • Also buy this artwork on apparel, stickers, phone cases, and more.