Gertrude Stein Research Paper

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Gertrude Stein was a poet, play writer, novelist and art collector. She was born in the United States of America on February 3rd 1874 and died in France on July 27 1946. She was much known for her novel writing skills and quotes such as, 'we are always the same age inside'. She contributed in the authoring of the famous Lost Generation.
The lost generation according to Gertrude Stein are specifically the ex-patriot writers who moved out of home land to Europe so as to go and practice literature. This was during the 1920's.
World war one resulted in the destruction of norms and attitudes, patriotism and faith had fallen and all that had been left was a large population of the young who felt scattered and aimless without proper directions that

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