Cultural Innovations

17.4

Art John Marin

Charles Scheeler

Georgia O’Keefe

Literature

Carl Sandburg used common speech to glorify the Midwest

Willa Cather wrote about life on the Great Plains

Edna St. Vincent Millay discussed equality for women

Gertrude Stein was a poet who served as a mentor to many writers

Lost Generation: disillusioned with WW1, they moved to Paris and wrote about flawed heroes F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote about

colorful characters in a superficial society in The Great Gatsby

Ernest Hemingway described the experiences of war in A Farewell to Arms

Edith Wharton wrote about upper class ignorance in The Age of Innocence

Increased prosperity led

to more leisure time and having excess spending money

Mass media= radio, movies, newspapers, magazines Fostered a sense of

shared experience/unity The Jazz Singer, the first

talking picture

Movies

Charlie Chaplin Mary Pickford Clara Bow Rudolph Valentino Irving Berlin- famous composer of the 1920s

Wrote in Tin Pan Alley in NYC Puttin’ on the Ritz and White Christmas

Charlie Chaplin:

Became popular due to

motion pictures and sports

Babe Ruth became a national hero “He wasn’t a baseball

player. He was a worldwide celebrity, an international star”

Sports

Jack Dempsey was the world heavy weight champion

News coverage generated enthusiasm for college football Red Grange from

University of Illinois Gertrude Ederle swam the

English Channel in just over 14 hours