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The Expatriates: Biographies of Lost Generation Writers
Paperback
ISBN13: 9781500601294
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: Jul 21 2014
Pages: 416
Weight: 1.22
Height: 0.85 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
In the years after the First World War, a group of writers left America in search of new experiences, new ideas, and a new kind of freedom. They gathered in Paris and other European cities, creating a circle of artists and thinkers whose works would shape modern literature. Known later as the Lost Generation, their lives were as compelling as the novels and poems they produced.
This book explores the world of these expatriate writers through vivid biographies that reveal both their triumphs and their struggles. From the disciplined innovations of T. S. Eliot to the bold experiments of Gertrude Stein, from the restless energy of Ezra Pound to the hard-edged realism of Ernest Hemingway, and from the glamour and turbulence of F. Scott Fitzgerald to the many voices they influenced, each chapter offers a portrait of a writer who changed the way stories could be told.
Alongside these biographies is an essay on the Lost Generation itself-what united these writers, why they chose Europe, and how their work reflected both the disillusionment and the daring spirit of the age.
More than a collection of facts, this book provides a window into a remarkable literary community and the world they inhabited, offering insight into how a generation of writers transformed both literature and culture.
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