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How did the literature and art of the 1920s reflect the influence of world war i?

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Artists and writers attempted to portray the war in their work.

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The war also inspired new works of art and literature. All Quiet on the Western Front was published nearly 10 years after the end of the war. Written by former German soldier Erich Maria Remarque, the novel tells the story of a soldier fighting in the trenches. He is wounded and goes home to recover, but after returning to war, he is killed just before the armistice. The novel brought the realities of war to life and is still used today to help students and civilians understand war's horrors.

An image of a painting with a desolate landscape of bare trees and dirt in the background. In the foreground, three soldiers are in a trench. Two soldiers are sleeping. The third soldier has his back to the viewer, but he is glancing at the sleeping soldiers.

Many artists, painters, and poets also expressed their anguish and depicted the destruction of the war. John McCrae's "In Flanders Field" is a popular poem told from a fallen soldier's perspective. Artists Paul and John Nash and David Bomberg helped to capture the feelings and emotions of war through popular paintings.

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It was reflected in what is called the “Lost Generation”, which were veterans of WWI who went aboard post war. They showed a movement against traditional American culture and questioned much of it.
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