The English Review

Literary/ Cultural Context Essay

Chris Baldick (Goldsmiths College, University of London)

Ed. by Chris Baldick, Goldsmiths College, University of London
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.08: English Writing and Culture of the early Twentieth Century , 1900-1945.
Vol. editors: Chris Baldick (Goldsmiths College, University of London), Peter Childs (Newman University), Louise McDonald (Newman University)

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Date of occurrence 1908-12-1937

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England (Location)

The English Review (1908-37) was a monthly literary magazine launched in December 1908 by Ford Madox Ford (still known at that time as F. M. Hueffer), with help from Joseph Conrad and from their friend Arthur Marwood, who provided financial backing. The first issue, mostly put together at Conrad’s Bedfordshire home, offered a remarkable array of contributors including Conrad (instalments of A Personal Record), Henry James (“The Jolly Corner”), Thomas Hardy (“A Sunday Morning Tragedy”, rejected by the Fortnightly Review as unsuited to family reading), H. G. Wells (early chapters of Tono-Bungay), and W. H. Hudson. The first fifteen issues, to February 1910, all …

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Citation: Baldick, Chris. "The English Review". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 17 March 2021 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=19618, accessed 22 November 2024.]

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