Poets and Writers Cont:
Many American writers wrote about their disillusionment with WWI.
Some known as the “Lost Generation”, moved to Paris or other cities in Europe where they often wrote about “heroic antiheroes”—flawed individuals who still had heroic qualities.
Ernest Hemingway was one such writer.
In direct simple prose, he described the experience of war in such novels For Whom the Bell Tolls and A Farewell to Arms.
Sinclair Lewis wrote about the absurdities of small-town life in Main Street and Babbitt.
F. Scott Fitzgerald's colorful characters chased futile dreams in The Great Gatsby, a novel critical of modern society’s superficiality.