1920s literature
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| *''[[Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus]]'' (1921) - Ludwig Wittgenstein | *''[[Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus]]'' (1921) - Ludwig Wittgenstein | ||
| *''[[Six Characters in Search of an Author]]'' (1921) - Luigi Pirandello | *''[[Six Characters in Search of an Author]]'' (1921) - Luigi Pirandello | ||
| - | *''[[Surrealist Manifesto]]'' (1924) | + | *''[[Surrealist Manifesto]]'' (1924) by André Breton |
| *''[[Corydon]]'' (1924) André Gide | *''[[Corydon]]'' (1924) André Gide | ||
| + | *''[[The Great Gatsby]]'' (1925) by F. Scott Fitzgerald | ||
| *''[[Dream Story]]'' (1925/26) - Arthur Schnitzler | *''[[Dream Story]]'' (1925/26) - Arthur Schnitzler | ||
| *''[[Story of the Eye]]'' (1928) - Georges Bataille | *''[[Story of the Eye]]'' (1928) - Georges Bataille | ||
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- Flappers and Philosophers (1920) by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- The Hands of Orlac (1920) by Maurice Renard
- We (1920) by Yevgeny Zamyatin
- Scaramouche (1921) by Sabatini
- Cocaina (1921) by Pitigrilli
- Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (1921) - Ludwig Wittgenstein
- Six Characters in Search of an Author (1921) - Luigi Pirandello
- Surrealist Manifesto (1924) by André Breton
- Corydon (1924) André Gide
- The Great Gatsby (1925) by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Dream Story (1925/26) - Arthur Schnitzler
- Story of the Eye (1928) - Georges Bataille
- Lady Chatterley's Lover (1928) - D. H. Lawrence
- Irene's Cunt (1928) - Louis Aragon
- All Quiet on the Western Front (1929) by Erich Maria Remarque
The Jazz Age in literature
Perhaps one of the most representative literary works of the Jazz age is American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby (1925), which highlighted what some describe as the corruption of the post-WW1 age, as well as new attitudes, and the growth of individualism. Fitzgerald is largely credited with coining the term, which he used in such books as his short story collection Tales of the Jazz Age. His second novel, The Beautiful and Damned (1922), also deals with the era and its effect on a young married couple. Fitzgerald's last completed novel, Tender Is the Night (1934) takes place in the same decade but is set in France and Switzerland not New York, and consequently is not widely considered a Jazz Age novel per se.
Additional works on the Jazz Age might include Thomas Wolfe's and Catarina Botto's titanic 1936 book Of Time and the River which takes its protagonist from the depths of the Carolinas to Harvard and Antarctica, and finally to New York City in the 1920s. Wolfe's You Can't Go Home Again is recommended for its party scene on the night of the 1929 stock market crash. Edith Wharton's late novel Twilight Sleep, set in New York and written in 1927, is a great example of social critiques of Jazz Age values and lifestyles. Additionally, The Rosy Crucifixion trilogy of Henry Miller -- Sexus, Plexus, and Nexus -- is set in New York during this period.
