... for them to have lived in America in a time when the prohibition was still a prominent force in American society. Hemingway's first book, "The Sun Also Rises," was a masterpiece that elaborately depicted Hemingway's "Lost Generation" through fiction. This book set the precedent for all of the novels to follow, especially in terms of his distinctive style (Mellow 54). Hemingway equated his style with the structure of an iceberg in which only 1/8 of ... the iceberg could be seen above water, while the remaining 7/8 under the surface provided the iceberg's dignity of ... ...

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... Wilder, poet Archibald Macleish, and Hart Crane. The term lost generation was first used by writer Gertrude Stein in her preface to Hemingway's novel The Sun Also Rises (1926) to characterize Hemingway and his circle of expatriate friends in Paris (Roberts p. 27). The 1920's saw the emergence of modernism. Modernism coincided with the mood of the Jazz Age by asserting that the individual had the potential to broaden their perspective and be unique ... . Authors like James and Wharton examined the complex psychology of America's rich population. Americans ... ...

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