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Exploring Fairytales

I seem to have taken a liking to the fairytale stories told throughout these periodicals. I also did a post on Evelyn …

The Dial and its Obsession with Art

What really fascinated me about The Dial as a little magazine, is the incredible attention to detail. Charles Shannon and Charles Ricketts …

The New Woman in Society

The New Woman must have been a revolutionary concept in the 1890s, yet it also brings to mind revolutionary movements and moments …

Fairy Tales as Avant-Garde

Through our class discussion today on The Yellow Book volume 12 I was mesmerized by the inclusion of a fairy tale within …

The Autonomy of the New Woman

Aline Szold’s “Maternity” appeared in volume 12 of The Yellow Book The Yellow Book challenged the Victorian response to the figure of …

I Spy With My Little Eye

When I first saw the front cover of The Yellow Book Volume 12, I immediately saw two women kissing. From the way …