The Modern Short Story and Magazine Culture, 1880-1950
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| Title: | The Modern Short Story and Magazine Culture, 1880-1950 |
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| Description: | This collection of original essays highlights the intertwined fates of the modern short story and periodical culture in the period 1880–1950, the heyday of magazine short fiction in Britain. Through case studies that focus on particular magazines, short stories and authors, chapters investigate the presence, status and functioning of short stories within a variety of periodical publications – highbrow and popular, mainstream and specialised, middlebrow and avant-garde. Examining the impact of social and publishing networks on the production, dissemination and reception of short stories, it foregrounds the ways in which magazines and periodicals shaped conversations about the short story form and prompted or provoked writers into developing the genre. |
| Authors: | Elke D'hoker, Chris Mourant |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | English periodicals--History--19th century, English periodicals--History--20th century, Short stories--Publishing--Great Britain--History--20th century, Short stories, English--History and criticism, Short stories--Publishing--Great Britain--History--19th century |
| Categories: | LITERARY CRITICISM / Feminist |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | This collection of original essays highlights the intertwined fates of the modern short story and periodical culture in the period 1880–1950, the heyday of magazine short fiction in Britain. Through case studies that focus on particular magazines, short stories and authors, chapters investigate the presence, status and functioning of short stories within a variety of periodical publications – highbrow and popular, mainstream and specialised, middlebrow and avant-garde. Examining the impact of social and publishing networks on the production, dissemination and reception of short stories, it foregrounds the ways in which magazines and periodicals shaped conversations about the short story form and prompted or provoked writers into developing the genre. |
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| ISBN: | 9781474461085 9781474461108 9781474461115 |
