This group, which included writers like Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gertrude Stein, and T.S. Eliot, was characterized by their disillusionment with American society and their experiences during World War I. Their works often explored themes of alienation, loss, and the search for meaning in a rapidly changing world.
However, the rise of new literary movements and social changes after World War II shifted the focus of American literature. The emergence of Modernism with its emphasis on experimentation and introspection, as well as the rise of Beat Generation writers who rejected traditional values and explored themes of counterculture, challenged the dominance of the Lost Generation.
While the Lost Generation's works continue to be studied and appreciated, they no longer held the same cultural and literary influence as they did in the 1920s and 1930s.