• The Lost Generation was the generation that came of age during World War I.
• This generation included writers who lived and rose to prominence in Europe during the 1920's.
• These writers established many of the stylistic and thematic foundation of modern literature.
• The Lost Generation writers were particularly associated with the unconventional art scene in Paris.
• The many writers tended toward philosophic pessimism.
• They rejected what they considered to be the narrow- mindedness and materialism that followed the end of World War I in 1918.
  

MLA: Saltzman,Arthur M. "Lost Genration." World Book Advanced. World Book, 2016. Web.16 Mar.2016