Question

How did Sinclair Lewis differ from other Lost Generation authors like F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway?

(1 point)
Responses

While much of Lewis’ work was commercially successful, he did not receive any literary awards.

While much of Lewis’ work was commercially successful, he did not receive any literary awards.

Lewis chose to live as an expatriate because he felt alienated from American society.

Lewis chose to live as an expatriate because he felt alienated from American society.

Unlike the others, Lewis came from a wealthy socialite family.

Unlike the others, Lewis came from a wealthy socialite family.

Lewis’ writing was influenced more by the previous generation's progressive ideas.

Answer 1

Lewis’ writing was influenced more by the previous generation's progressive ideas.

(He was a social critic shaped by Progressive-era concerns about conformity, business, and institutions, whereas Fitzgerald and Hemingway were key expatriate modernists of the Lost Generation.)