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Titanic Sinks
This becomes the most famous ship wreck. -
Beginning of Modern period
The period of modern literature begins here and lasts through 1939. This is the age of flappers and the Great Depression -
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Published Authors during the Moderns literary period
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James Joyce publishes Ulysses
This is one of Joyce's best masterpieces. -
The Great Gatsby is published
F.Scott Fitzgerald publishes his most read novel. The novel is about Gatsby who tries to recapture a time in his youth. The setting is during the Jazz Age. -
Hemingway publishes A Farewell to Arms
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End of Modern perod
This time period of literature ends with Steinbeck publishing The Grapes of Wrath. -
World War II begins
[World War II pictures and text](www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii)When the war begins, the world changes and the literature of the time reflects the events and emotions of WWII.
