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Modernism in Literature 1910-1945

Modernism in Literature 1910-1945. Historical Context. The period from 1910 to 1945 was one of the most eventful, colorful, exhilarating, tragic, prosperous and poverty-stricken phases of the American experience

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Modernism in Literature 1910-1945

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  1. Modernism in Literature1910-1945

  2. Historical Context • The period from 1910 to 1945 was one of the most eventful, colorful, exhilarating, tragic, prosperous and poverty-stricken phases of the American experience • It was all these paradoxes because it was bracketed at either end by a devastating war that drastically changed people’s lives

  3. Historical Context • The happy-go-lucky twenties brought quick wealth, rabid consumerism, and “flaming youth”

  4. …until the Stock Market Crash of 1929. The Depression of the thirties brought poverty, social unrest, and despair. Historical Context, cont…

  5. The Modernist Temper • The events of these decades were so dramatic, the times so strange and complex, that they might have overwhelmed artistic imagination. • Instead, history informed an entirely new narrative, an explosion of creativity and a range of vision and voice that makes the cultural output both rich and difficult to define. • Many critics believe it is the most important era in American literature • The voices of Modernist writers grapple with such complex and ambiguous times with equally complex and uncertain narratives. • If Literary Nationalism was America’s obedient school boy, if Romanticism was it’s rebellious teenager, then Modernism was its restless, soul-searching young adult.

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