4. The sun also rises (Ernest Hemingway, 1926). Synopsis of The sun also rises ; Historical Background : Hemingway, Paris, and the Modern Moment ; About Ernest Hemingway : The man who wrote the lost generation ; Why we read The sun also rises ; Historical explorations of The Sun Also Rises ; Documenting The sun also rises: The lost generation, Document: From Exile's return : a literary odyssey of the 1920s, Malcolm Cowley, 1934, Document: From "American Bohemians in Paris," Ernest Hemingway, 1922, Document: From Being geniuses together 1920-1930, Robert McAlmon and Rev. Kay Boyle, 1968, Document: From Paris was yesterday. 1925-1939, Janet Flanner, 1972 ; The art of the bullfight: Document: From Being geniuses together 1920-1930, Robert McAlmon and Rev. Kay Boyle, 1968, Document: From "Bull fighting a tragedy," Ernest Hemingway, 1923, Document: From "Pamplona in July," Ernest Hemingway, 1923 ; Race, ethnicity, and the Ku Klux Klan: Document: From "For Christian-Jewish friendship HP," The Literary Digest, 1922, Document: From "New York and the real Jew," Rollin Lynde Hartt, 1921, Document: From "The Klan walks in Washington," The Literary Digest, 1925, Document: From "Klan and church," Lowell Mellett, 1923, Document: From "A judicial spanking for the Klan," Literary Digest, 1928 ; Suggested readings --
Introduction : The Jazz Age and the culture of change -- Chronology of the Jazz Age -- 1. Babbitt (Sinclair Lewis, 1922). Synopsis of Babbitt ; Historical background : Babbitt and the perils of progress and prosperity ; About Sinclair Lewis : the man who defined babbittry ; Why we read Babbitt ; Historical explorations of Babbitt ; Documenting Babbitt: The religion of business in the Jazz Age, Document: From "Passing our tenth milestone," Paul P. Harris, 1915, Document: From The man nobody knows, Bruce Barton, 1925 ; Conformity in the Jazz Age: Document: From "Knowledge in contempt in America, believe Europeans," H.L. Mencken, 1925 ; Suggested readings --
2. The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1925). Synopsis of The great Gatsby ; Historical background : The great Gatsby and the culture of contradiction ; About F. Scott Fitzgerald : the man who wrote the Jazz Age ; Why we read The great Gatsby ; Historical explorations of The great Gatsby ; Documenting The great Gatsby: The automobile and the Jazz Age, Document: From "How many American people can afford automobiles?" 1922, Document: From "Your car and you," 1920, Document: From "On which side of the windshield do you do your cussing?" H.I. Phillips, 1927 ; Prohibition and bootleggers: Document: From The Volstead Act, 1920, Document: From "Nation-wide Prohibition ends fight of 112 years," 1920, Document: From "Volstead Law draws attack of opponents," 1925, Document: From "Rich bootleggers sent to prison," 1923 ; Celebrity culture in the Jazz Age: Document: From "The secret of Charlie Chaplin's popularity," St. John Ervine, 1921, Document: From "Chance writes the Lindbergh saga," 1927, Document: From "My friend Babe Ruth," 1924, Suggested readings --
3. Gentlemen prefer blondes (Anita Loos, 1925). Synopsis of Gentlemen prefer blondes ; Historical background : Gentlemen prefer blondes and the gender politics of the Jazz Age ; About Anita Loos : a life in words and (motion) pictures ; Why we read Gentlemen prefer blondes ; Historical explorations of Gentlemen prefer blondes ; Documenting Gentlemen prefer blondes: The flapper, Document: From The flapper, 1922, Document: From "Flappers flaunt fads in footwear," The New York Times, 1922, Document: From "The Flapper : new type," Alfredo Panzini, 1921, Document: From "Her eternal youth," New York Times, 1922 ; Hollywood and the motion picture revolution: Document: From "Youth, the spirit of the movies," David Wark Griffith, 1921, Document: From "Flappers here to stay, says Colleen Moore," Gladys Hall, 1922, Document: From "The monstrous movies," Charles Hanson Towne, 1921, Document: From "Through Hollywood with gun and camera," Robert E. Sherwood, 1922 ; Suggested Readings --
5. Passing (Nella Larsen, 1929). Synopsis of Passing ; Historical background : Passing and the Harlem Renaissance ; About Nella Larsen : a life on the color line ; Why we read Passing ; Historical Explorations of Passing ; Documenting Passing: The Harlem Renaissance, Document: From The big sea, Langston Hughes, 1940, Document: From Negro life in New York's Harlem, Wallace Thurman, 1928, Document: From "'Charleston' dance sweeps New York City by storm; Louis Chalif is forced to instruct in dance that is distasteful," Maxine Davis, 1925 ; The African American elite: Document: From "The talented tenth," W E. B. Du Bois, 1903, Document: From "The task of Negro womanhood," Elise Johnson McDougald, 1925 ; Race and the eugenics movement in the Jazz Age: Document: From "Eugenics seeks to improve the natural, physical, mental and temperamental qualities of the human family," Eugenics Record Office, 1927, Document: From "Fitter families for future firesides," 1924, Document: From "Body of woman shown to jury," The Florence [AL] Times, 1925 ; Suggested readings

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