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Art  John Marin

 Charles Scheeler

 Georgia O’Keefe

 Literature  Carl Sandburg used common speech to glorify the Midwest  Willa Cather wrote about life on the Great Plains  Edna St. Vincent Millay discussed equality for women  Gertrude Stein was a poet who served as a mentor to many writers

 Lost Generation: disillusioned with WW1, they moved to Paris and wrote about flawed heroes  F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote about colorful characters in a superficial society in The Great Gatsby  Ernest Hemingway described the experiences of war in A Farewell to Arms  Edith Wharton wrote about upper class ignorance in The Age of Innocence

  Increased prosperity led to more leisure time and having excess spending money  Mass media= radio, movies, newspapers, magazines  Fostered a sense of shared experience/unity  The Jazz Singer, the first talking picture Movies

 Charlie Chaplin  Mary Pickford  Clara Bow  Rudolph Valentino  Irving Berlin - famous composer of the 1920s  Wrote in Tin Pan Alley in NYC  Puttin’ on the Ritz and White Christmas

Charlie Chaplin :

  Became popular due to motion pictures and sports  Babe Ruth became a national hero  “He wasn’t a baseball player. He was a worldwide celebrity, an international star” Sports

 Jack Dempsey was the world heavy weight champion  News coverage generated enthusiasm for college football  Red Grange from University of Illinois  Gertrude Ederle swam the English Channel in just over 14 hours