The Late-Victorian Little Magazine

Koenraad Claes

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2018

The Late-Victorian Little Magazine

Koenraad Claes

In the series Edinburgh Critical Studies in Victorian Culture

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474426237

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Charts the origins and development of the little magazine genre in the Victorian period

Fed up with the commercial and moral restrictions of the mainstream press, the diverse avant-garde groups of authors and artists of the Aesthetic Movement developed a new genre of periodicals in which to propagate their principles and circulate their work. Such periodicals are known as ‘little magazines’ for their small-scale production and their circulation among limited audiences, and during the late Victorian period they were often conceptualized as integrated designs or total works of art in order to visually and materially represent the ideals of their producers. Little magazines like the Pre-Raphaelite Germ, the Arts & Crafts Hobby Horse and the Decadent Yellow Book launched the careers of innovative authors and artists and provided a site for debate between minor contributors and visiting grandees from Matthew Arnold to Oscar Wilde. This book offers detailed discussions of the background to thirteen major little magazines of the Victorian era, both situating these within the periodical press of their day and providing interpretations of representative items, in doing so, it outlines the earliest history of this enduring publication genre, and of the Aesthetic Movement that developed along with it.

Key Features:

First monograph to focus on the origins and development of the little magazine genre during the Victorian period
Each chapter provides a representative introduction to the respective little magazines
Combines new insights with a critical overview of the state of the art on each discussed little magazine

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Series Editor’s Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	vi
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	viii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1 The Germs of a Genre: The Germ and the Oxford and Cambridge Magazine Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	16
2 Mounting the (Century Guild) Hobby Horse Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	36
3 The Little Magazine as a Periodical Portfolio: the Dial, the Pagan Review and the Page Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	64
4 Selling the Yellow Nineties: the Yellow Book and the Savoy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
5 Politicised Aestheticism outside London: the Quest and the Evergreen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
6 Little Excursions Outside the Avant-Garde: the Pageant, the Parade and the Dome Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	186
Inconclusions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	220
Appendix: Illustrations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	228
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	254
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	269

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Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 288
Illustrations
- Other: 45 B/W illustrations
Keywords: Literary Studies

eBook

Published: April 5, 2022
ISBN: 9781474426237