The World Wars had a magnificent impact on society. This impact developed a new approach to art, literature, philosophy and religion. For literature, this created a new genre about war. Therefore, wars had a great influence on the genre and style of published novels. Most of what was published at the time 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 stemmed from their experiences. Literature changed to what we know it today from the beginning of World War I to the end of World War II. The First World War, the Great War between the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria). ) and the Allied Powers (Russia, France, Britain, Italy and the United States) started in July 1914 and ended in November 1918. It changed people and their views; writers have changed their subjects and literary techniques, readers have changed their tastes and expectations. He had many significant influences on American literature. For example, TS Eliot's poems, "The Waste Land", which he referred to in post-war Europe, expressed a sense of anxiety about life, using many historical, religious and different literary works. Eliot witnessed the social turmoil and transformation surrounding the World War. 1. The modernist movement strongly influenced his work and his works became the greatest expression of the perspective of the modern mind. In his poem The Waste Land, Eliot explains that the Sermon on the Fire corresponds in importance to the Sermon on the Mount. combines contrasting religious references that create a feeling of multiplicity, ambivalence and...... middle of paper ...... and lead, although not without the feeling of the dark side of war , especially with respect for nuclear weapons. Returning veterans and women who had taken jobs formerly 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, during World War II. It was a small but significant turning point. After World War II, the world became smaller, faster, with fewer scientific and geographic mysteries and, paradoxically, less time to enjoy them. It was said that literature was better before the war; However, the literature of the past was not in the hands of many people as it is today. After all, each era has its own literary taste. Works CitedRhee, Semy. Post-war Europe: wastelands as metaphor. Thesis. Liberty University, 2012. Internet. March 31. 2014.