The 1920s (The Jazz Age) -- The Second Renaissance in American Literature美国文学的第二次繁荣 The 1920s:他们是新的一代，长大以后发现所有的神祗已经死去，所有的战争已经打完，所有对人类的信念已经动摇。—Fitzgerald 美国文学的第一次高潮出现于19世纪中叶，人们称之为美国的“文艺复兴时期”。以爱默生、...
The1920s(TheJazzAge)--TheSecondRenaissanceinAmericanLiterature美国文学的第二次繁荣The1920s:他们是新的一代,长大以后发现所有的神祗已经死去,所有的战争已经打完,所有对人类的信念已经动摇。—Fitzgerald美国文学的第一次高潮出现于19世纪中叶,人们称之为美国的“文艺复兴时期”。以爱默生、梭罗、霍桑、麦尔维尔、...
Jazz Age - the 1920s in the United States characterized in the novels of F. Scott Fitzgerald as a period of wealth, youthful exuberance, and carefree hedonism historic period, age - an era of history having some distinctive feature; "we live in a litigious age" Based on WordNet 3.0, Far...
JeanetteRankin–firstwomanelectedtoCongress(1916)–servedthroughoutthe1920s Flappers–modernwomenofthe1920s–young,rebellious,fun-loving,andbold–shorthair,shortdresses(totheknees),moremakeup(esp.lipstick)–attitudeschanges–ex:begantosmokeanddrinkinpublic I.Lifeinthe1920s:B.ProhibitionEra(1919-1933):18th...
At the very dawn of jazz recording, with echoes of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band still in the air, very few jazz artists in the 1920s were able to capture a fresh new sound until the flood gates opened with the blossoming of Louis Armstrong. It was the powerful virtuosic display of ...
I.Lifeinthe1920s: 21 st Amendment(1933)–repealedthe18 th Amend.andallowedlocalcommunitiesto decidewhetherornottolegalizealcohol SlangWordsfromprohibitionera: -bathtubgin -moonshine(madeatnight) -whitelightning -speakeasy–secretcluborbar–usuallyina basement–neededapasswordtogetin I.Lifeinthe1920s: C...
Although every major city in America had its red-light district, New Orleans's Storyville was the best known of all the nation's bawdy houses for not only were customers entertained by exotic ladies of the night, they were also treated to the strains of a new kind of music called jazz,...
One of the distinguishing features of Jazz Age dancing was the hold. The "ballroom position" of the Jazz Age was extremely close: body-to-body. It was a gentle embrace rather than a "frame". There was no daylight between partners. People of the era, if they were of similar heights, ...
“The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s is a blockbuster show—gorgeous, bountiful, exhilarating,” saidWilliam Griswold, director of the Cleveland Museum of Art. “The exhibition explores the creative impulses that shaped American taste in that dynamic era, as well as new ideas that challe...
Jazz music blog Nextbop spotlights the next generation of jazz artists, including Robert Glasper, Brad Mehldau, and Makaya McCraven. Listen now!