Paris in the 1920's Timeline

Paris in the 1920’s Timeline 1920: American authors started moving into Paris as a result of the unstable America they were living in. They referred to their country of origin at the time as, judgmental in any type of delicate expression towards, sexuality amongst other things. Whereas in Paris, it was the total opposite. The Parisians went out often; they went to Music-hall shows especially the reviews, like Josephine Baker’s, operettas, theatre, and circus, but also to the cinema which was becoming more and more popular. John Dos Passos: “One Man's Initiation: 1917” “Three Soldiers” 1921: “France and Sherwood Anderson: Paris Notebook, 1921” by Sherwood Anderson 1922: The novel of Victor Margueritte, which was called “La Garçonne” was published in 1922. This book was a good illustration of the debauchery and the extravagance of this decade. 1923: “A Night Among the Horses,” by Djuna Barnes 1925: “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald 1927: “Transition” by poet Eugene Jolas, and his wife Maria McDonald In 1929, Beckett published his first work, a critical essay entitled "Dante... Bruno. Vico.. Joyce".