REGA Posted 7 May , 2005 Share Posted 7 May , 2005 the phrase "the lost generation" appeared as an epigram at the beginning of an ernest hemingway book, and was attributed by him to gertrude stein. the reference was to a generation of american artistes living in europe during the interwar period. it is now generally (i think) understood to refer to the generation of souls that lost their lives in ww1. can anybody point out when this change happened, perhaps with a reference or two. i have looked (for some hours!) but can't find anything to help me understand the life of this phrase. jonathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham-McAdam Posted 7 May , 2005 Share Posted 7 May , 2005 Here's a rather lazy reply - if you Google "the lost generation" you'll get lots of references (up to 57,000) including Lawrence Binyon, Hemingway and lots of others. Happy reading! Graham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REGA Posted 8 May , 2005 Author Share Posted 8 May , 2005 yes i did that, and looked at some of the sites brought up, but non3 of them really seemed to deal my question. i wish one could look up phrases in the oed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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