The New Freewoman
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The New Freewoman was a monthly London literary magazine
edited by Dora Marsden
and owned by Harriet Shaw Weaver
. Initially Rebecca West
was in charge of the literary content of the magazine, but after meeting Ezra Pound
at one of Violet Hunt
's parties in 1913 she recommended that he be appointed literary editor.
Literary magazine
A literary magazine is a periodical devoted to literature in a broad sense. Literary magazines usually publish short stories, poetry and essays along with literary criticism, book reviews, biographical profiles of authors, interviews and letters...
edited by Dora Marsden
Dora Marsden
Dora Marsden was an English feminist editor of avant-garde literary journals, and an author of philosophical writings.-Early life:...
and owned by Harriet Shaw Weaver
Harriet Shaw Weaver
Harriet Shaw Weaver was a political activist and a magazine editor. She also became the patron of James Joyce....
. Initially Rebecca West
Rebecca West
Cicely Isabel Fairfield , known by her pen name Rebecca West, or Dame Rebecca West, DBE was an English author, journalist, literary critic and travel writer. A prolific, protean author who wrote in many genres, West was committed to feminist and liberal principles and was one of the foremost public...
was in charge of the literary content of the magazine, but after meeting Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound
Ezra Weston Loomis Pound was an American expatriate poet and critic and a major figure in the early modernist movement in poetry...
at one of Violet Hunt
Violet Hunt
Isobel Violet Hunt was a British author and literary hostess. Her father was the artist Alfred William Hunt, her mother the novelist and translator Margaret Raine Hunt. Her younger sister Venetia married the designer William Arthur Smith Benson .-Biography:Hunt was born in Durham; the family moved...
's parties in 1913 she recommended that he be appointed literary editor.
Articles download
- http://www.nonserviam.com/egoistarchive/marsden/TheNewFreewoman/index.html
- http://tmh.floonet.net/pdf/newfreewomanindex.pdf
External Links
- The New Freewoman at the Modernist Journals ProjectModernist Journals ProjectThe Modernist Journals Project was created in 1995 at Brown University in order to create a database of digitized periodicals connected with the period loosely associated with modernism. The University of Tulsa joined in 2003...
: all 13 issues, from No. 1.1 (June 15, 1913) through No. 1.13 (December 15, 1913)