BLAST
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==Introduction== | ==Introduction== | ||
| − | BLAST was a literary magazine concerning an artistic and social movement called "Vorticism" that was published about a month before World War I began. Wyndham Lewis and Ezra Pound were the founders for the Vorticist movement. BLAST was, essentially, the birth of Vorticism, as this magazine is where the Vorticist Manifesto was first solidified and made publicly known. | + | ''BLAST'' was a literary magazine concerning an artistic and social movement called "Vorticism" that was published about a month before World War I began. Wyndham Lewis and Ezra Pound, authors of ''BLAST'', were the founders for the Vorticist movement. ''BLAST'' was, essentially, the birth of Vorticism, as this magazine is where the Vorticist Manifesto was first solidified and made publicly known. |
| − | In our exploration of '' | + | In our exploration of ''BLAST'', we aimed to understand how the outbreak of World War I made the second issue of the magazine different from the first. |
The concept that most captured our interest was the inclusion and use of the word "war". How did the beginning of World War 1 impact the publication and how did this word "war" demonstrate the resulting differences? | The concept that most captured our interest was the inclusion and use of the word "war". How did the beginning of World War 1 impact the publication and how did this word "war" demonstrate the resulting differences? | ||
