Posts Tagged Lost Generation
America's Lost Generation Tour: In Retrospect
Posted by admin in Tour in Retrospect on April 5, 2011
Fitzgerald, Hemingway, and Gertrude Stein, to name a few, had a lot of fun touring the blogosphere for the last two weeks! See where the authors of the Lost Generation visited in retrospect. Did you miss any of it?
Monday, March 21 Sasha & The Silverfish: This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Monday, March 21 2606 Books and Counting: The Enormous Room by E.E. Cummings
Monday, March 21 A Literary Odyssey: The Sun Also Rises by Hemingway
Tuesday, March 22 Bibliosue: The Sun Also Rises and A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway
Tuesday, March 22 Notes from the North: “The Waste Land” by T.S. Eliot
Tuesday, March 22 Stiletto Storytime: An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser
Wednesday, March 23 Mustard Seed Book Reviews: A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
Wednesday, March 23 Dolce Bellezza: “Bernice Bobs Her Hair” by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Thursday, March 24 The Zen Leaf: A Moveable Feast by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Thursday, March 24 The Reading Life: “Hands” from Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwoood Anderson
Friday, March 25 pages turned: “Spotted Horses” by William Faulkner
Friday, March 25 C’est la vie!: Short stories by Ernest Hemingway
Saturday, March 26 The Story Girl: The Old Man and The Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Saturday, March 26 Time’s Flow Stemmed: As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
Sunday, March 27 Booksploring: Save Me the Waltz by Zelda Fitzgerald
Sunday, March 27 Hungry Like the Woolf: Manhattan Transfer by John Dos Passos
Monday, March 28 Bread Crumb Reads: “Eeldrop and Appleplex” by T.S. Eliot
Monday, March 28 bibliographing: Lucy Church Amiably by Gertrude Stein
Tuesday, March 29 Fitzgerald Musings: Winter Dreams, May Day, and The Diamond as Big as a Ritz by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Tuesday, March 29 Wordy Evidence of the Fact: Four Quartets by T.S. Eliot
Wednesday, March 30 Just Add Books: To Have and Have Not by Ernest Hemingway
Wednesday, March 30 Shelf Love: The 42nd Parallel by John Dos Passos
Wednesday, March 30 An Armchair by the Sea: Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Thursday, March 31 things mean a lot: Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Thursday, March 31 Evening All Afternoon: Paris France by Gertrude Stein
Thursday, March 31 Rebecca Reads: For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
Friday, April 1 Fat Books & Thin Women: Three Lives by Gertrude Stein
Friday, April 1 A Book Lover: “Old Possums Book of Practical Cats” by T. S. Eliot
Friday, April 1 Nisaba Be Praised: Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Friday, April 1 Capricious Reader: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Saturday, April 2 Life is a Patchwork Quilt: A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway
Sunday, April 3 Breathing Space: The Beautiful and the Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Sunday, April 3 Fig and Thistle: Sylvia Beach and the Lost Generation
Monday, April 4 Lifetime Reading Plan: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
America's Lost Generation Tour Begins!
Posted by admin in Schedules and Updates on March 20, 2011
The America’s Lost Generation Tour officially begins! The first stops will be here:
Monday, March 21 Sasha & The Silverfish This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Monday, March 21 2606 Books and Counting The Enormous Room by E.E. Cummings
Monday, March 21 A Literary Odyssey The Sun Also Rises by Hemingway
I won’t be posting every day of the tour. Rather, the master schedule will be a sticky note on the Classics Circuit site. Make sure you follow tour participants. I hope this helps you figure out which book you want to read next.
America's Lost Generation: Tour Schedule
Posted by admin in Schedules and Updates on March 9, 2011
The upcoming tour is going to be wonderful! Here are the planned stops on the tour. If you’d like to join in or if there is an error below, please send me an email at rebecca[at]rebeccareid[dot]com.
Monday, March 21 Sasha & The Silverfish This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Monday, March 21 2606 Books and Counting The Enormous Room by E.E. Cummings
Monday, March 21 A Literary Odyssey The Sun Also Rises by Hemingway
Tuesday, March 22 Bibliosue The Sun Also Rises and A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway
Tuesday, March 22 Notes from the North “The Waste Land” by T.S. Eliot
Tuesday, March 22 Stiletto Storytime An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser
Wednesday, March 23 Mustard Seed Book Reviews A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
Thursday, March 24 The Zen Leaf A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway
Thursday, March 24 1morechapter The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas by Gertrude Stein
Thursday, March 24 The Reading Life Something by Sherwoood Anderson
Friday, March 25 Dolce Bellezza “Bernice Bobs Her Hair” by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Friday, March 25 pages turned “Spotted Horses” by William Faulkner
Friday, March 25 C’est la vie! Short stories by Ernest Hemingway
Saturday, March 26 The Story Girl Something by Ernest Hemingway
Saturday, March 26 Time’s Flow Stemmed As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
Sunday, March 27 Booksploring Save Me the Waltz by Zelda Fitzgerald
Sunday, March 27 Hungry Like the Woolf Manhattan Transfer by John Dos Passos
Monday, March 28 Nonsuch Book The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Monday, March 28 Bread Crumb Reads “Eeldrop and Appleplex” by T.S. Eliot
Monday, March 28 bibliographing Lucy Church Amiably by Gertrude Stein
Tuesday, March 29 Fitzgerald Musings Winter Dreams or May Day by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Tuesday, March 29 Wordy Evidence of the Fact Four Quartets by T.S. Eliot or True at First Light by Ernest Hemingway
Wednesday, March 30 Just Add Books To Have and Have Not by Ernest Hemingway
Wednesday, March 30 Shelf Love The 42nd Parallel by John Dos Passos
Wednesday, March 30 An Armchair by the Sea Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Thursday, March 31 things mean a lot Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Thursday, March 31 Evening All Afternoon Paris France by Gertrude Stein
Thursday, March 31 Rebecca Reads For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
Friday, April 1 Fat Books & Thin Women Three Lives by Gertrude Stein
Friday, April 1 A Book Lover Something by T. S. Eliot
Friday, April 1 Nisaba Be Praised Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Friday, April 1 Capricious Reader Something by Zelda or Scott Fitzgerald
Saturday, April 2 Lifetime Reading Plan The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Saturday, April 2 Life is a Patchwork Quilt A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway
Saturday, April 2 Sparksmarks “The Wasteland” by T.S. Eliot
Sunday, April 3 Breathing Space The Beautiful and the Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald or A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
Sunday, April 3 Fig and Thistle Sylvia Beach and the Lost Generation
Sunday, April 3 Notorious Spinks Talks Books Green Hills of Africa by Ernest Hemingway
America's Lost Generation Button
Posted by admin in Coming Soon on March 3, 2011
Sign up has closed for America’s Lost Generation tour. If you missed out and still want to join, send me an email at rebecca[at]rebeccareid[dot]com. We currently have a full schedule of participants scheduled from March 21 until April 3, but we can always fit in more classics readers!
The button for this tour is taken from an original cover for The Beautiful and the Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald, written in 1922. (Imaged via Wikipedia, in the U.S. public domain.) The Beautiful and the Damned is about a 1920s socialite and his relationship with his wife, and the illustration of the two elite on this cover are said to be based on Zelda and Scott Fitzgerald themselves.
Since F. Scott Fitzgerald is such a key figure in the Lost Generation, this autobiographical cover image seemed an appropriate one for this Classics Circuit tour.
Happy reading, and I’ll be back to post the schedule once all emails are sent!
The American Lost Generation Sign Up
Posted by admin in Intro and Sign Up on February 21, 2011
The “Lost generation” is a term popularized by Ernest Hemingway and credited to Gertrude Stein. It refers to the persons who came of age and were called to service during the “Great War.” Many of the writers of the “lost generation” had gathered in Paris during the 1920s, and formed a literary circle that experimented with a modernist style and expression. See Wikipedia for more details.
Because this subject can technically include many authors, I’ve felt the need to limit this introductory post in some way. I’ve listed below details and books by some of the main authors of the American expatriate “lost generation.” These authors were part of the movement in Paris. The following authors link to more information below.
- Gertrude Stein (who coined the term and coached the writers)
- Ernest Hemingway
- F. Scott Fitzgerald
- T.S. Eliot
- Ezra Pound
Other authors that may be considered lost generation are listed without book lists. Their names link to a Wikipedia page about them so you can do further research if you’d like to read one of these authors for the tour. These authors may not have been expatriates in the tight circle of “lost generation” writers, but they still may be considered “lost generation.”
- Sherwood Anderson
- Hart Crane
- E.E. Cummings
- John Dos Passos
- William Faulkner
- Zelda Fitzgerald
- Alan Seeger
If you want to read someone not on these lists, I ask that at least the author you choose to read is an American who was writing in the 1920s or 1930s. The work does not need to have been written in the 1920s (it may have been written sooner or later than that), but since those are the active years of the “lost generation,” the author you choose to read should have been a writer during those years.
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Tentative tour dates are March 21 to April 1. Sign up will remain open until the March 2.
Sign up is now closed. If you’d still liked to join the tour, send an email to rebecca[at]rebeccareid[dot]com and we’ll fit you in.
Coming Soon….The Lost Generation
Posted by admin in Coming Soon on February 13, 2011
The American literature votes are in. The next tour will be American literature from the Lost Generation of writers, from Hemingway and Gertrude Stein to F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ezra Pound. More details about these authors, and sign up, to come soon.
Closely tied for second were American Romanticism and American turn-of-the-century Naturalism, both of which we’ll have to do at another point.
Thanks for voting!
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