The Little Review
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'''''The Little Review''''' was a literary magazine founded in 1914, very shortly before World War 1 broke out. Founded by Margaret Anderson, it labeled itself as a platform for experimental writing and international art. One of the most defining traits of '''''The Little Review''''' was the refusal to compromise for the general public, including eventually adding the motto "Making No Compromise with the Public Taste", and leaving pages blank to protest a lack of publicly supported material. Eventually, an organization known as the Society for the Suppression of Vice would charge the magazine with obscenity, and force the discontinuation of the magazine. | '''''The Little Review''''' was a literary magazine founded in 1914, very shortly before World War 1 broke out. Founded by Margaret Anderson, it labeled itself as a platform for experimental writing and international art. One of the most defining traits of '''''The Little Review''''' was the refusal to compromise for the general public, including eventually adding the motto "Making No Compromise with the Public Taste", and leaving pages blank to protest a lack of publicly supported material. Eventually, an organization known as the Society for the Suppression of Vice would charge the magazine with obscenity, and force the discontinuation of the magazine. | ||
| − | The sudden outbreak of World War 1 during the early months of publication caused a huge shift in the tone of the magazine. The war would cause a shift toward more discussions of anarchy, and the end of the war was followed by a marked upswing in more feminist | + | The sudden outbreak of World War 1 during the early months of publication caused a huge shift in the tone of the magazine. The war would cause a shift toward more discussions of anarchy, and the end of the war was followed by a marked upswing in more feminist dialog. |
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| − | + | This graph clearly shows spike and decline of anarchism in relation to World War 1. The first edition, which released just months before the start of the war, primarily focuses on feminism. Almost immediately after, anarchism spikes at the start of the war, and feminism begins to fall dramatically. As the war progresses, anarchy grows more and more, matching the feelings of the author in relation to political events taking place around that time, such as the execution of anarchist poets in England. | |
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