Description |
1 online resource (xi, 252 pages) : illustrations |
Contents |
Making their ways : women editors of 'little' magazines -- Beginning in Chicago : Harriet Monroe, Alice Corbin Henderson, and poetry -- Reader critics : Margaret Anderson, Jane Heap, and the 'little review' -- Toward international cooperation : the literary editing of H.D. and Bryher -- The ironic 'editorial we' : Marianne Moore at The dial -- A distorting lens : Ezra Pound and literary editors -- Afterword : further speculations |
Summary |
In the current reevaluation of modernism, this important book, long overdue, offers an indispensable introduction to the formative influence of women editors, both individually and in their collaborative efforts |
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Jayne Marek examines the work of seven women editorsHarriet Monroe, Alice Corbin Henderson, Margaret Anderson, Jane Heap, H.D. (Hilda Doolittle), Bryher (Winifred Ellermann), and Marianne Moore - whose varied activities, often behind the scenes and in collaboration with other women, contributed substantially to the development of modernist literature. Through such publications as Poetry, The Little Review, The Dial, and Close Up, these women had a profound influence that has been largely overlooked by literary historians. Marek devotes a chapter as well to the interactions of these editors with Ezra Pound, who depended upon but also derided their literary tastes and accomplishments. Pound's opinions have had lasting influence in shaping critical responses to women editors of the early twentieth century |
Analysis |
American literature History and criticism 20th century |
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Avant-garde (Aesthetics) English-speaking countries |
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English literature History and criticism 20th century |
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Geschichte 1900-1940 |
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Literature publishing History 20th century English-speaking countries |
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Literature, Experimental History and criticism English-speaking countries |
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Little magazines English-speaking countries |
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Modernism (Literature) English-speaking countries |
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Women editors English-speaking countries |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Description based on print version record |
Subject |
American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Avant-garde (Aesthetics)
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Avant-garde (Aesthetics) -- English-speaking countries.
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Literature publishing -- History -- 20th century.
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Literature, Experimental -- History and criticism.
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English literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Literature publishing -- English-speaking countries -- History -- 20th century.
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Literature, Experimental -- English-speaking countries -- History and criticism.
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Modernism (Literature) -- Great Britain.
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Little magazines -- English-speaking countries.
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Modernism (Literature) -- United States.
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Modernism (Literature) -- English-speaking countries.
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Women editors -- English-speaking countries.
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Women editors -- Great Britain.
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Little magazines -- History.
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Women editors -- United States.
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LC no. |
95014890 |
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