In 1939 Frank Luther Mott received a Pulitzer Prize for Volumes II
and III of his History of American Magazines. In 1958 he was
awarded the Bancroft Prize for Volume IV. He was at work on Volume
V of the projected six-volume history when he died in October 1964.
He had, at that time, written the sketches of the twenty-one
magazines that appear in this volume. These magazines flourished
during the period 1905-1930, but their "biographies" are continued
throughout their entire lifespan-in the case of the ten still
published, to recent years. Mott's daughter, Mildred Mott Wedel,
has prepared this volume for publication and provided notes on
changes since her father's death. No one has attempted to write the
general historical chapters the author provided in the earlier
volumes but which were not yet written for this last volume. A
delightful autobiographical essay by the author has been included,
and there is a detailed cumulative index to the entire set of this
monumental work. The period 1905-1930 witnessed the most flamboyant
and fruitful literary activity that had yet occurred in America. In
his sketches, Mott traces the editorial partnership of H. L.
Mencken and George Jean Nathan, first on The Smart Set and then in
the pages of The American Mercury. He treats The New Republic, the
liberal magazine founded in 1914 by Herbert Croly and Willard
Straight; the conservative Freeman; and Better Homes and Gardens,
the first magazine to achieve a circulation of one million "without
the aid of fiction or fashions." Other giants of magazine history
are here: we see "serious, shaggy...solid, pragmatic,
self-contained" Henry Luce propel a national magazine called Time
toward its remarkable prosperity. In addition to those already
mentioned, the reader will find accounts of The Midland, The South
Atlantic Quarterly, The Little Review, Poetry, The Fugitive,
Everybody's, Appleton's Booklovers Magazine, Current History,
Editor & Publisher, The Golden Book Magazine, Good
Housekeeping, Hampton's Broadway Magazine, House Beautiful,
Success, and The Yale Review.
General
Imprint: |
The Belknap Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
1968 |
First published: |
1968 |
Authors: |
Frank Luther Mott
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 38mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
|
Pages: |
616 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-674-39554-1 |
Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
History >
General
Books >
History >
General
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LSN: |
0-674-39554-9 |
Barcode: |
9780674395541 |
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