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1910-1930
The Era of Modernism
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The telephone, radio, newspaper, and magazines made people more aware of what was happening
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The Lost Generation
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The task of the Modernis writers was not only
to express the waste and futility they experienced,
but to took up the burden od attempting to make some sense of that experience
Modernist Literature
Broad range of artists and movements, all seeking
in varying degrees, do break with the style, form, and
content of 19th centyru
"Make it new", was the cry of Ezra Pound. To make their poems and plays and novels new and different
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Time Line
1. 1912 Atlantic Oceam: Titanic, sinks on its maiden voyage
2. 1913 Henry Ford pioneers assembly line, producing 1,000 Model T
3. 1914 World War I begins
4. 1917 U.S. declares war on Germany
5. 1920 Women gain right to vote
6. 1922 Egypt: ancient tomb of Tutankhamen discovered
7. 1924 Congress makes all native-born American Indians citizens
8. 1927 Charles Lindbergh makes first solo nosntop transatlantic flight
9. 1928 England: Sir Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin
10. 1929 Stock Market crashes; beginning of Great Depression