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Record Nr.

UNINA9910974256003321

Titolo

Britain and Ireland, 1880-1955 / / edited by Peter Brooker and Andrew Thacker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2009

ISBN

9780191549434

0191549436

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvii, 955 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Oxford critical and cultural history of modernist magazines ; ; v. 1

Altri autori (Persone)

BrookerPeter

ThackerAndrew <1962->

Disciplina

052.09034

Soggetti

Little magazines - History - 19th century

Little magazines - History - 20th century

Literature and society - History - 19th century

Literature and society - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [899]-930) and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Victorian precursors -- pt. 2. Fin de siecle ventures (1884-1906) -- pt. 3. Early statements (1899-1915) -- pt. 4. Transitions -- pt. 5. Interventions -- pt. 6. Editors and programmes -- pt. 7. Into the 1920s: dispersal and difference -- pt. 8. Commitment to the new -- pt. 9. Beyond the metropolis -- pt. 10. The call to criticism and modernist destinies.

Sommario/riassunto

The first full study of the role of 'little magazines' and their contribution to the making of artistic modernism. A major scholarly achievement of immense value to teachers, researchers and students interested in the material culture of the first half of the 20th century and the relation of the arts to social modernity.