American Modernism: The Lost Generation Ernest HemingwayThe Iceberg Theory The Hemingway Code Hero The Lost Generation Lecture KeywordsThe Lost Generation The Lost Generation refers to, in general, the post-WWI generation, but specifically a group of expatriate ( 移居 国外的) disillusioned intellectuals and artists, who experimented on new modes of thought and expression by rebelling against former ideals and values and replacing them only by despair or a cynical hedonism( 享乐主义). The Lost Generation