Women, Periodicals and Print Culture in Britain, 1890s-1920s: The Modernist Period

Faith Binckes; Carey Snyder

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Women, Periodicals and Print Culture in Britain, 1890s-1920s

The Modernist Period

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Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2019

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New perspectives on women’s contributions to periodical culture in the era of modernism
This collection highlights the contributions of women writers, editors and critics to periodical culture in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It explores women's role in shaping conversations about modernism and modernity across varied aesthetic and ideological registers, and foregrounds how such participation was shaped by a wide range of periodical genres.
The essays focus on well-known publications and introduce those as yet obscure and understudied — including middlebrow and popular magazines, movement-based, radical papers, avant-garde titles and classic Little Magazines. Examining neglected figures and shining new light on familiar ones, the collection enriches our understanding of the role women played in the print culture of this transformative period.
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Helps recover neglected women writers and cast new light on canonical onesHighlights the geographical diversity of modern British print cultureEmphasises the interdisciplinary nature of modernism, including essays on modernist dance, music, cinema, drama and architecture Includes a section on social movement periodicals

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Contents
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND TABLES
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Acknowledgements
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General Introduction: The Kaleidoscope, the Mirror, and the Magnifying Glass – Reading Through the Lens of Periodical Culture
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Faith Binckes and Carey Snyder

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Part I Locations
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Locations: Introduction
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Carey Snyder

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1 ‘Watch this space’: Late Nineteenth- Century Women’s Periodicals in Ireland
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Elizabeth Tilley

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2 Opening Doors: Women and Print Media in Scotland
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Margery Palmer McCulloch

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3 Marginal Places, Liminal Spaces: Welsh Women’s Modernist Writing and the English ‘Little Magazine’
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Claire Flay-Petty

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4 Home and Homeland: English National Identity in the Women’s Magazines of Newnes and Pearson
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Chris Mourant and Natasha Periyan

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Part II The Sister Arts
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The Sister Arts: Introduction
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Faith Binckes

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5 ‘A theme with many variations’: Gertrude Hudson, Musical Criticism, and Turn-of-the- Century Periodical Culture
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Charlotte Purkis

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6 Women, Drama, and Print Culture 1890–1929
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Elizabeth Wright

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7 Dance, Modernism, and the Female Critic in the New Age, Rhythm, and the Outlook
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Susan Jones

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8 Mixing the Brows in Print: Iris Barry’s Film Criticism of the 1920s
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Miranda Dunham-Hickman

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9 The Avant-Garde in the Drawing Room: Women, Writing, and Architectural Modernism in Britain
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Elizabeth Darling

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10 The Dialogic Magazine: Advertisements and Femininity in the LADY’S REALM
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Annie Paige

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Part III Key Literary Figures
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Key Literary Figures: Introduction
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Carey Snyder

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11 ‘An Outpour of Ink’: From the ‘Young Rebecca’ to ‘the most important signature of these years,’ Rebecca West 1911–1920
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Kathryn Laing

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12 TIME AND TIDE Waited for Her: Rebecca West’s Journalism in the 1920s
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Margaret D. Stetz

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13 Writing Revolution: Dorothy Richardson’s Contributions to Early Twentieth-Century Periodicals
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Elizabeth Pritchett and Scott McCracken

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14 Violet Hunt, Periodical Culture, and Emergent (Female) Modernisms
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Louise Kane

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15 Dora Marsden and Anarchist Modernisms
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Henry Mead

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16 Beatrice Hastings: Debating Suffrage in the NEW AGE and VOTES FOR WOMEN
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Carey Snyder

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17 ‘A kind of MINUTE NOTE-BOOK, to be published some day’: Katherine Mansfield in the ADELPHI, 1923–1924
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Faith Binckes

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18 May Sinclair, Magazine Writer: Exploring Modernisms through Diverse Journals
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Laurel Forster

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Part IV Networks, Circles, and Margins
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Networks, Circles, and Margins: Introduction
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Carey Snyder

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19 On Poets and Publishing Networks: Charting the Careers of Charlotte Mew and Anna Wickham
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Helen Southworth and Alina Oboza

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20 Women’s Poetry in the Modern British Magazines: A Case for Medium Reading
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Bartholomew Brinkman

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21 Wheelpolitik: The Moral and Aesthetic Project of Edith Sitwell’s WHEELS, 1916–1921
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Melissa Bradshaw

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22 NEW AGE Women’s Writing: Edith Nesbit, Florence Farr, and Nietzschean Socialist Modernism
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Lee Garver

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23 Horror in the Wax Museum: Edith Nesbit’s ‘The Power of Darkness’ and the STRAND MAGAZINE
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Anthony Camara

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Social Movements: Introduction
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Carey Snyder

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24 Women, Periodicals, and Esotericism in Modernist-Era Print Culture
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Mark S. Morrisson

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25 Lysistrata on the Home Front: Locating Women’s Reproductive Bodies in the Birth Strike Rhetoric of the MALTHUSIAN during the First World War
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Layne Parish Craig

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26 A Column of Our Own: Women’s Columns in Socialist Newspapers
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Elizabeth Carolyn Miller

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27 Prayer Warriors: Denominational Feminism, the Vote, and the CHURCH LEAGUE FOR WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE MONTHLY PAPER
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Krista Lysack

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Appendix
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Works Cited and Helpful Sources
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Notes on Contributors
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Index
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Women, Periodicals and Print Culture in Britain, 1890s-1920s

Overview

About this book

Topics

Table of contents

Frontmatter

Contents

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND TABLES

Acknowledgements

General Introduction: The Kaleidoscope, the Mirror, and the Magnifying Glass – Reading Through the Lens of Periodical Culture

Locations: Introduction

1 ‘Watch this space’: Late Nineteenth- Century Women’s Periodicals in Ireland

2 Opening Doors: Women and Print Media in Scotland

3 Marginal Places, Liminal Spaces: Welsh Women’s Modernist Writing and the English ‘Little Magazine’

4 Home and Homeland: English National Identity in the Women’s Magazines of Newnes and Pearson

The Sister Arts: Introduction

5 ‘A theme with many variations’: Gertrude Hudson, Musical Criticism, and Turn-of-the- Century Periodical Culture

6 Women, Drama, and Print Culture 1890–1929

7 Dance, Modernism, and the Female Critic in the New Age, Rhythm, and the Outlook

8 Mixing the Brows in Print: Iris Barry’s Film Criticism of the 1920s

9 The Avant-Garde in the Drawing Room: Women, Writing, and Architectural Modernism in Britain

10 The Dialogic Magazine: Advertisements and Femininity in the LADY’S REALM

Key Literary Figures: Introduction

11 ‘An Outpour of Ink’: From the ‘Young Rebecca’ to ‘the most important signature of these years,’ Rebecca West 1911–1920

12 TIME AND TIDE Waited for Her: Rebecca West’s Journalism in the 1920s

13 Writing Revolution: Dorothy Richardson’s Contributions to Early Twentieth-Century Periodicals

14 Violet Hunt, Periodical Culture, and Emergent (Female) Modernisms

15 Dora Marsden and Anarchist Modernisms

16 Beatrice Hastings: Debating Suffrage in the NEW AGE and VOTES FOR WOMEN

17 ‘A kind of MINUTE NOTE-BOOK, to be published some day’: Katherine Mansfield in the ADELPHI, 1923–1924

18 May Sinclair, Magazine Writer: Exploring Modernisms through Diverse Journals

Networks, Circles, and Margins: Introduction

19 On Poets and Publishing Networks: Charting the Careers of Charlotte Mew and Anna Wickham

20 Women’s Poetry in the Modern British Magazines: A Case for Medium Reading

21 Wheelpolitik: The Moral and Aesthetic Project of Edith Sitwell’s WHEELS, 1916–1921

22 NEW AGE Women’s Writing: Edith Nesbit, Florence Farr, and Nietzschean Socialist Modernism

23 Horror in the Wax Museum: Edith Nesbit’s ‘The Power of Darkness’ and the STRAND MAGAZINE

Social Movements: Introduction

24 Women, Periodicals, and Esotericism in Modernist-Era Print Culture

25 Lysistrata on the Home Front: Locating Women’s Reproductive Bodies in the Birth Strike Rhetoric of the MALTHUSIAN during the First World War

26 A Column of Our Own: Women’s Columns in Socialist Newspapers

27 Prayer Warriors: Denominational Feminism, the Vote, and the CHURCH LEAGUE FOR WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE MONTHLY PAPER

Appendix

Works Cited and Helpful Sources

Notes on Contributors

Index

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