Modernism Literary Movement

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    Modernism

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    CULTURAL: The Roaring 20's

    The Roaring 20's was a large cultural change that introduced national unity and consumerism, especially in big cities.

  • LITERATURE: David Jones First book on his war experiences

    Although he had been trying to write about his wartime experiences for some time, it was not until 1937 that Jones published his first literary effort. In Parenthesis, which was published by Faber and Faber with an introduction by T. S. Eliot, was written in a mixture of verse and prose: it defies categorization as either poem or novel.

  • LITERATURE: Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

    Black life in a Black community

  • HISTORY: World War Two Begins

    Germany invades Poland, catalyzing World War II.

  • LITERATURE: Ezra Pound

    When he was being paid by Italy to have a broadcast critizing the United States. Mr. Pound was arrested for treason. The charges against him consisted of broadcasting for the enemy, attempting to persuade American citizens to undermine government support of the war, and strengthening morale in Italy against the United States.

  • HISTORY: World War 2 ends

    Japan is forced to surrender after both Hiroshima and Nagasaki are destroyed.