Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-207) and index.
Introduction: The lost generation and the critical function of autobiography -- Beyond the sermonic tradition -- Self-aggrandizement and expatriate reputation -- Searching for a representative expatriate -- Place as a strategy of attachment -- Patterns of women's stories.
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In Writing the Lost Generation, Craig Monk unlocks a series of neglected texts while reinvigorating our reading of more familiar ones. Well-known autobiographies by Malcolm Cowley, Ernest Hemingway, and Gertrude Stein are joined here by works from a variety of lesser-known, but still important, expatriate American writers, including Sylvia Beach, Alfred Kreymborg, Samuel Putnam, and Harold Stearns. By bringing together the self-reflective works of the Lost Generation and probing the ways the writers portrayed themselves, Monk provides an exciting and comprehensive overview of modernist expatri.
JSTOR
22573/ctt20m5vf3
Writing the lost generation.
1587296896
Authors, American-- Biography-- History and criticism.
Authors, American-- France-- Paris-- 20th century-- History and criticism.
Autobiography-- 20th century-- History and criticism.
Expatriate authors-- France-- Paris-- 20th century-- History and criticism.
Modernism (Literature)
Authors, American-- Biography.
Authors, American.
Autobiography.
Expatriate authors.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES-- Composition & Creative Writing.