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Zeitgeist (The Lost Generation #AtoZChallenge)

The Lost Generation was the first rebellious youthful generation. Impacted by the horrors of WWI, they could not avoid a second world war, but their new ideas and stances caused changes decades later.

Youthful Rebellion (The Lost Generation #AtoZChallenge)

The Lost Generation was one of history's first—if not even the very first—youthful movements. It had all the characteristics of later youthful movements but also one very distinct trait.

eXpressionism and Other Vanguards (The Lost Generation #AtoZChallenge)

*The interwar years were the crucible of Modernism, a movement fundamentally about rejecting the past and fervently seeking new ways of creating and understanding life.*

Women’s Citizenship (The Lost Generation #AtoZChallenge)

Women gained the right to vote in many Western Nations after WWI in response to their help in the war. Yet, their participation in their countries' political life was often limited by their traditional roles.

Violence (The Lost Generation #AtoZChallenge)

Post-war societies were inclined to suffer violence rather than suppress or avoid it. Martial behaviours were considered healthy masculinity

Urbanisation (The Lost Generation #AtoZChallenge)

Urbanism characterised the interwar years. In the 1920s, a large part of the population moved to the city, seeking a better life.

Trauma and Coping (The Lost Generation #AtoZChallenge)

The Lost Generation was basically a shell-shocked generation. Whether they had been in the war or not, these youth suffered from the unreconcilable clash between what society traditionally expected of them and what they had to deal with in the new world.

Silence (The Lost Generation #AtoZChallenge)

The Great War indelibly marked the Lost Generation. Everything they did or said was directly or indirectly affected by the war experience.

Roaring Twenties (The Lost Generation #AtoZChallenge)

The Roaring Twenties were everything and the opposite of everything. The trauma of the recent past and the relief and hope for the future characterised it

Question of Faith (The Lost Generation #AtoZChallenge)

Not surprisingly, the Great War was a test of faith for all believers in the trenches and on the homefront.