The Lost Generation

Who was the lost generation?

First generation of Americans to fight in WW1

War vets

Victims of PTSD

When did they write?

1920-1930’s

Why are they considered the lost generation?

Tendency to act aimless and reckless

Focused on the indulgence of wealth and life

Topics

Disillusionment post WW1 society

Loss of identity and tradition

Uncertainty of future

Archibald Macleish

Poet, Lawyer, playwright, and statesman

Ernest Hermingway

American author and journalist

F Scott Fitzgerald

Themes consist ambition, loss, discipline, self indulgence, love, romance, money, and class.