The Routledge Companion to the British and North American Literary Magazine

Tim Lanzendörfer

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Routledge
26 August 2024

Literary studies: general; Social & cultural history; Media studies; Press & journalism

Series: Routledge Literature Companions

Encompassing a broad definition of the topic, this Companion provides a survey of the literary magazine from its earliest days to the contemporary moment. It offers a comprehensive theorization of the literary magazine in the wake of developments in periodical studies in the last decade, bringing together a wide variety of approaches and concerns.

With its distinctive chronological and geographical scope, this volume sheds new light on the possibilities and difficulties of the concept of the literary magazine, balancing a comprehensive overview of key themes and examples with greater attention to new approaches to magazine research.

Divided into three main sections, this book offers:

• Theory—it investigates definitions and limits of what a literary magazine is and what it does.

• History and regionalism—a very broad historical and geographic sweep draws new connections and offers expanded definitions.

• Case studies—these range from key modernist little magazines and the popular middlebrow to pulp fiction, comics, and digital ventures, widening the ambit of the literary magazine.

The Routledge Companion to the British and North American Literary Magazine offers new and unforeseen cross-connections across the long history of literary periodicals, highlighting the ways in which it allows us to trace such ideas as the “literary” as well as notions of what magazines do in a culture.

Edited by: Tim Lanzendörfer
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781032163338
ISBN 10: 103216333X
Series: Routledge Literature Companions
Pages: 446
Publication Date: 26 August 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Tim Lanzendörfer is Heisenberg Fellow in Literary Theory, Literary Studies, and Literary Studies Education at Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany. He is the editor of several collections of essays and a member of the Board of the Research Society for American Periodicals.