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 …
Socially Acceptable Subversion: Thoughts on the New Woman
In today’s class, Sabrina and Shubhneet presented on New Women in The Yellow Book. What captured my attention was a common denominator …
Fairy Tales and Counter-Culture
This week’s presentation, especially the parts focused on Mabel Dermer and Evelyn Sharp, made me think about the enduring relationship between fairy …
The Avant Garde and Problems of Originitality
This week I was especially struck by the discussions surrounding what it really means for a work or publication to be avant …
Take Two A
2/3 with red drop cap and image But I must explain to you how all this mistaken idea of denouncing pleasure and …
Introduction: Modernity and the Visual
I am already familiar with the little magazines, because of my previous undergraduate scholarship on a poem in the Evergreen. However, I …