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- “Post World war 1 era of escapism, isolationism, and excess in the united states, also called the roaring twenties. Americans enjoyed a period of prosperity from 1921 to 1929” – outlines the feel of the 1920’s. what the main themes were here.

“ In this era of Prohibition, liquor was bootlegged, organized crime escalated, the fashion of the flapper was all the rage, and new forms of entertainment flourished, such as jazz music” – This again states all the themes of 1920’s. How jazz melted in with the “bad” or “break the rules” type of attitude during this time. How jazz helped influence some of these events as well

“Artists and writers of the era declared a new sophisticated and sexually liberated modernism” – Jazz fit into this, again “theme song”

Grossman, Mark “Jazz 1919-1939- Encyclopedia of the interwar years” New York- 2000

Quinn, Edward. “jazz age in literature.” History in literature: a readers guide to 20^th century history and the literature it inspired. New York 2008

- “New Orleans, Chicago, Kansas city, and new York all became jazz centers, a list to which a short while later would be added Paris and London” – this showed of jazz grew through the mainstream cities. How it became talk about the town, how it turned up in peoples lives.