BLAST, World War I, and Tonal Shifts
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Analysis of how the art and writing in ''BLAST'' changed after the outbreak of World War I. | Analysis of how the art and writing in ''BLAST'' changed after the outbreak of World War I. | ||
Mainly focus on the increase of the use of the word "br" | Mainly focus on the increase of the use of the word "br" | ||
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| + | Feedback from the midterm presentation: add a thesis statement, add more explanation in the text mining section, add a bit more explanation in the captions of the timeline, add more to the close reading section including some of the artwork. Also he suggested that we remove the WW! history from the timeline and put it in the intro, and then make the timeline back up the text mining section. | ||
==Introduction== | ==Introduction== | ||
''BLAST'' was a British magazine with two editions, published in 1914 and 1915. The first edition was known for having a bright pink cover and for being very long. A month after the first edition was released, World War I (WW1) began, and the tone of ''BLAST'' changed drastically. In the second edition, the bright pink cover was changed to a light brown and black photo of soldiers in trenches, and the length was halved. Most of the magazine's creators fought in the war and were either killed or lost their interest in modernism. Despite the primary author, Wyndham Lewis's, attempts to keep publishing ''BLAST'', he eventually gave up, starting a new magazine called ''the Tyro''. | ''BLAST'' was a British magazine with two editions, published in 1914 and 1915. The first edition was known for having a bright pink cover and for being very long. A month after the first edition was released, World War I (WW1) began, and the tone of ''BLAST'' changed drastically. In the second edition, the bright pink cover was changed to a light brown and black photo of soldiers in trenches, and the length was halved. Most of the magazine's creators fought in the war and were either killed or lost their interest in modernism. Despite the primary author, Wyndham Lewis's, attempts to keep publishing ''BLAST'', he eventually gave up, starting a new magazine called ''the Tyro''. | ||
