The Modern Age in English and American literature

The death and destruction of the First World War

• confirmed men's belief in King, God and Country

• invalidated men's belief in religion and patriotism

• started a new age of confidence and hope

The USA entered the First World War in

• 1908

• 1917

• 1928

After the Second World War

• Britain remained a formidable world power

• Britain consolidated its empire

• Britain's international importance decreased

Modernist writers tended to be

• committed to formal experimentation

• committed to political and social reforms

• nostalgic for the values of the past

In the 1930s literature became increasingly

• aesthetic

• political

• experimental

This author's novels focused particularly on the thought life of her characters

This noveist wrote a highly critical picture of America during the Jazz Age.

This author expressed the disillusionment that followed the First World War

This author wrote a satire on political tyranny.

This author criticised the heartless society which exploits weak people ruthlessly.