The World Wars had a magnificent impact on society. This impact developed a new approach to art, literature, philosophy and religion. For literature, he created a new genre about war. Therefore, the wars had a great impact on the genre and style of the novels that were published. Most of what was published then was about the war and its effects. The authors were disillusioned by the experience of war, and although they did not write directly about the war, their writings reflect an anti-authoritarianism that stems from their experiences. Literature changed to be as we know it today, from the beginning of World War I to the end of World War II. World War I, the Great War between the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria) and the Allied Powers (Russia, France, Great Britain, Italy, and the United States) began in July 1914 and ended in November 1918 It changed people and their points of view; writers changed literary topics and techniques, readers changed tastes and expectations. He has had many significant influences on literature in American culture. For example, T. S. Eliot's poems, "The Waste Land", which referred to post-war Europe, expressed a sense of anguish about life, using many different historical, religious and literary references. Eliot witnessed the social turmoil and transformation that surrounded the World War. 1. The modernist movement heavily influenced his work and his works became the ultimate expression of the perspective of the modern mind. In his poem, The Waste Land, Eliot explains that the Fire Sermon matches in importance the Sermon on the Mount combines contrasting religious references that create a sense of multiplicity, ambivalence and... middle of paper... and of leading, even if not without a sense of the dark side of war, especially with respect to nuclear weapons. Returning veterans and women who had filled jobs previously held by men were among those who found postwar America less hospitable than wartime America. The 1950s saw the rise of a counterculture in literature for black Americans, World War II proving to be a modest, but significant turning point. After the Second World War the world became smaller, faster, with fewer mysteries of science, geography and, paradoxically, less time to enjoy it. Literature was said to be better in the pre-war period; however, literature in the old days was not in the hands of as many people as it is today. After all, each era has its own literary taste. Works Cited Rhee, Semy. Post-war Europe: the wasteland as metaphor. Thesis. University of Freedom, 2012. Network. March 31. 2014.