The Modern Short Story and Magazine Culture, 1880-1950
Exploring the Evolution of Short Fiction in Periodicals
Elke D'hoker editor Chris Mourant editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Edinburgh University Press
Published:16th Mar '21
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This insightful collection examines the relationship between short stories and periodicals from 1880 to 1950, highlighting their mutual influence and evolution.
This collection of original essays delves into the complex relationship between modern short stories and periodical culture during the years 1880 to 1950, a time considered the zenith of magazine short fiction in Britain. It offers a rich exploration of how various magazines, both highbrow and popular, influenced the production and reception of short stories, shaping literary conversations and trends in the genre.
Through detailed case studies that highlight specific magazines, authors, and stories, the chapters investigate the status and role of short fiction within diverse periodical publications. The essays reveal how these platforms not only provided a venue for writers but also actively contributed to the evolution of the short story form. By examining the social and publishing networks at play, the collection sheds light on the ways in which these relationships impacted the dissemination and appreciation of short stories.
The Modern Short Story and Magazine Culture, 1880-1950 emphasizes the dynamic interplay between writers and periodicals, illustrating how magazines served as catalysts for literary innovation. This insightful compilation is essential for understanding the historical context of short fiction and its enduring significance in the literary landscape.
The collection as a whole effectively tackles the difficult task of balancing textual and con-textual analysis. As such, it provides a rich discussion of the short story within periodical culture over time. The chapters demonstrate a real commitment to exploring diverse short stories and venues up to 1950 even as they turn our critical attention to intertextual relations, offering necessary breadth to our understanding of the short story during this period. -- Kate Krueger, Clarkson University * English Studies *
The collection as a whole effectively tackles the difficult task of balancing textual and con-textual analysis. As such, it provides a rich discussion of the short story within periodical culture over time. The chapters demonstrate a real commitment to exploring diverse short stories and venues up to 1950 even as they turn our critical attention to intertextual relations, offering necessary breadth to our understanding of the short story during this period. -- Kate Krueger, Clarkson University * English Studies *
The short story and the modern magazine grew up together, but the story of their mutual emergence has been slow to develop. At last, here is a volume that delves into this culturally vibrant symbiosis on all levels, from game-changing theoretical accounts to sharp, empirical micro-histories. This book is a must-have for short story experts and periodical studies scholars—indeed for anyone fascinated by the interactions between emerging media and cultural forms. * Patrick Collier, Ball State University *
This volume assembles an impressive array of contributions, with broad thematic concerns, and diverse approaches to the rich terrain of periodical studies. The collection fully demonstrates the various ways in which the periodical as a medium may reshape our understanding of modernism and modernity. Attending to little magazines as well as middlebrow and illustrated popular magazines, it resonates richly with the New Modernist Studies’ agenda of expanding the cultural latitude of high modernism. It is essential reading for researchers interested in modern periodical studies, and the short story form. -- Yen-Chi Wu, Academia Sinica * The Modernist Review *
This volume assembles an impressive array of contributions, with broad thematic concerns, and diverse approaches to the rich terrain of periodical studies. The collection fully demonstrates the various ways in which the periodical as a medium may reshape our understanding of modernism and modernity. Attending to little magazines as well as middlebrow and illustrated popular magazines, it resonates richly with the New Modernist Studies’ agenda of expanding the cultural latitude of high modernism. It is essential reading for researchers interested in modern periodical studies, and the short story form. -- Yen-Chi Wu, Academia Sinica * The Modernist Review *
ISBN: 9781474461085
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352 pages