American Little Magazines of the Fin de Siecle: Art, Protest, and Cultural Transformation

Awards:   Winner of The Research Society for American Periodicals Book Prize 2019 (United States)
Author:   Kirsten MacLeod
Publisher:   University of Toronto Press
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9781487556433


Pages:   508
Publication Date:   27 June 2023
Format:   Paperback
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American Little Magazines of the Fin de Siecle: Art, Protest, and Cultural Transformation


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  • Winner of The Research Society for American Periodicals Book Prize 2019 (United States)

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In American Little Magazines of the Fin de Siecle, Kirsten MacLeod examines the rise of a new print media form – the little magazine – and its relationship to the transformation of American cultural life at the turn of the twentieth century. Though the little magazine has long been regarded as the preserve of modernist avant-gardes and elite artistic coteries, for whom it served as a form of resistance to mass media, MacLeod’s detailed study of its origins paints a different picture. Combining cultural, textual, literary, and media studies criticism, MacLeod demonstrates how the little magazine was deeply connected to the artistic, social, political, and cultural interests of a rising professional-managerial class. She offers a richly contextualized analysis of the little magazine’s position in the broader media landscape: namely, its relationship to old and new media, including pre-industrial print forms, newspapers, mass-market magazines, fine press books, and posters. MacLeod’s study challenges conventional understandings of the little magazine as a genre and emphasizes the power of “little” media in a mass-market context.

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Author:   Kirsten MacLeod
Publisher:   University of Toronto Press
Imprint:   University of Toronto Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.680kg
ISBN:  

9781487556433


ISBN 10:   1487556438
Pages:   508
Publication Date:   27 June 2023
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INTRODUCTION -- Reviving the American Little Magazines of the 1890s PART 1: SOCIAL, MEDIA, AND LITTLE MAGAZINE CONTEXTS CHAPTER 1 -- The Social and Cultural Formation of the Little Magazinist CHAPTER 2 -- Print Revolutions and the Making of the Little Magazine CHAPTER 3 -- The Big Little Magazines and the Evolution of the Genre PART 2: INSIDE THE MAGAZINES CHAPTER 4 -- Fiction: “Literature Staggering Blindfold” CHAPTER 5 -- Poetry: “Literature on “a Drunken Spree” CHAPTER 6 -- Visual Art: “Art Running Amuck through Posterdom” CHAPTER 7 -- Literary Criticism and Editorials: “Every Dog Having His Day in Journalism” CHAPTER 8 -- Social and Political Commentary: “Finding Fault with Things as They Are” CHAPTER 9: Sayings: The Short and Shorter of It AFTERWORD: Little Magazines, Not So Little After All? APPENDIX A: UPDATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AMERICAN LITTLE MAGAZINES OF THE 1890S NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY

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"""This is an absorbing account of an overlooked moment in the history of modern periodicals and one that many working in the field will appreciate. It is also a beautifully produced book, with a number of colour plates illustrating some of the curious 'freak periodicals' that helped shape the format and nature of the 'little magazine' for the twentieth century."" ""American Little Magazines of the Fin de Si�cle is an important historical and cultural study, enriching our understanding of this neglected moment in media and publishing history and opens new avenues for research and inquiry."" ""[American Little Magazines of the Fin de Siecle] is a very comprehensive effort, and has something for everyone, from text and interpretation to research tools."" ""MacLeod's book is [...] a work of profound generosity that has opened up the world of fin de si�cle publishing in manifold ways. I, for one, am eternally grateful for her efforts and will be returning to this book again and again over the years as an invaluable research companion. And as an aesthete I will pore over the beautiful reproductions of the pages of these magazines, delighted to own what is one of the most stylish and attractive academic books I have come across."" ""MacLeod's book provides a valuable introduction that includes both an overview of this era and a firm justification for its inclusion within the province of scholarly research."""


"""MacLeod’s book is […] a work of profound generosity that has opened up the world of fin de siècle publishing in manifold ways. I, for one, am eternally grateful for her efforts and will be returning to this book again and again over the years as an invaluable research companion. And as an aesthete I will pore over the beautiful reproductions of the pages of these magazines, delighted to own what is one of the most stylish and attractive academic books I have come across."" -- Alex Murray, Queen's University Belfast * <em>Journal of American Studies</em> * ""American Little Magazines of the Fin de Siècle is an important historical and cultural study, enriching our understanding of this neglected moment in media and publishing history and opens new avenues for research and inquiry."" -- Karen Leick, University of Illinois at Chicago * <em>University of Toronto Quarterly: Letters in Canada 2018</em> * ""MacLeod’s book provides a valuable introduction that includes both an overview of this era and a firm justification for its inclusion within the province of scholarly research."" -- Elizabeth Meyers Hendrickson, Ohio University * <em>Journal of Magazine Media </em> * ""This is an absorbing account of an overlooked moment in the history of modern periodicals and one that many working in the field will appreciate. It is also a beautifully produced book, with a number of colour plates illustrating some of the curious 'freak periodicals' that helped shape the format and nature of the 'little magazine' for the twentieth century."" -- Andrew Thacker * <em>Literature and History</em> * ""[American Little Magazines of the Fin de Siecle] is a very comprehensive effort, and has something for everyone, from text and interpretation to research tools."" -- David M. Sokol * The Journal of American Culture 41.4. *"


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Kirsten MacLeod is a lecturer in English Literature at Newcastle University (UK).

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