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JazzAge
TheJazzAge,alsoknownastheAmericanHigh,describestheperiodofthe1920s,theyearsbetweentheendofWorldWarIandtheonsetoftheGreatDepression,particularlyinNorthAmericaandspecificallyinNewYorkCity,largelycoincidingwiththeRoaringTwenties;endingwiththeriseoftheGreatDepression,thetraditionalvaluesofthisagesawgreatdeclinewhiletheAmericanstockmarketsoared.
TheagetakesitsnamefromF.ScottFitzgeraldandjazzmusic,whichsawatremendoussurgeinpopularityamongmanysegmentsofsociety.Amongtheprominentconcernsandtrendsoftheperiodarethepublicembraceoftechnologicaldevelopments—cars,airtravelandthetelephone—aswellasnewmodernisttrendsinsocialbehavior,thearts,andculture.CentraldevelopmentsincludedArtDeco(艺术装饰designandarchitecture.Agreatthemeoftheagewasindividualismandagreateremphasisonthepursuitofpleasureandenjoymentinthewakeofthemisery,destructionandperceivedhypocrisyandwasteofWWIandpre-warvalues.TheJazzAgeinLiterature
PerhapsthemostrepresentativeliteraryworkoftheageisAmericanwriterF.ScottFitzgerald’sTheGreatGatsby(1925,whichhighlightedwhatsomedescribeasthedecadenceandhedonism(快乐主义ofthepost-WW1age,aswellasnewsocialandsexualattitudes,andthegrowthofindividualism.Fitzgeraldislargelycreditedwithcoiningtheterm,whichheusedinsuchbooksas“TalesoftheJazzAge.”Thesecondnovelthathewrote,“TheBeautifulandDamned”(1922,alsodealswiththeeraanditseffectonayoungmarriedcouple.Fitzgerald’slastcompletednovel,“TenderistheNight,”takesplaceinthesamedecadebutissetinEurope,notNewYork,andconsequentlyisnotwidelyconsideredaJazzAgenovelperse.
AdditionalworksontheeramightincludeThomasWolfe’stitanic1935book“OfTimeandtheRiver,”whichtakesitsprotagonistfromthedepthsoftheCarolinas,toHarvard,andfinallytoNewYorkinthe1920s,butforatrulyharrowingviewoftheendoftheJazzAge,Wolfe’s“YouCan’tGoHomeAgain”isrecommendedforitspartysceneonthenightofthe1929stockmarketcrash.Additionally,TheRosyCrucifixionofHenryMiller,“Sexus(TheRosyCrucifixion,”“Plexus(TheRosyCrucifixion,”and“Nexus(TheRosyCrucifixion,”issetinNewYorkduringthisperiod.

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