Reviews. Zeitschriften. Revues : : Die Fackel; Die Weltbühne; Anbruch; le Disque Vert; Mécano; Versty.

• Superior document: Avant-Garde Critical Studies
• Author: Sophie Levie
• TeilnehmendeR: Levie, Sophie,
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : BRILL,, 1994.; ©1994.
• Year of Publication: 1994
• Language: German
• Series: Avant-Garde Critical Studies
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (212 pages)

This study of six early twentieth-century periodicals serves to refine the traditional image of the inter-war journal as the pre-eminent vehicle of artistic and intellectual renewal. Every periodical has its own history but general themes are clearly identified. Traces emerge of a common commitment to the internationalisation of the arts and we find early and unexpected discussion of Freud, Chaplin and Joyce in Brussels and Berlin, jazz in Vienna and Brussels, Ezra Pound in the Netherlands and Belgium. In contrast to this internationalisation are the ambitions of the various editors to play a significant role in their national cultures. This tension between national and international influences was in the first instance stimulating and innovative. Later, as a result of political and socio-economic developments, the newly achieved openness and exchange were gradually diminished and finally disappeared as did the periodicals themselves.

Table of Contents

Die Fackel eines Einzelga¨ngers : Karl Kraus, das a-politische Engagement / Erik Buitinga -- Kulturbolschewismus, the Weltbu¨hne and the arts / Willem Melching -- A Viennese journal for modern music : Musikbla¨tter des Anbruch / Paul Op de Coul -- 'Ouvert a` tous, difficile cependant a` ouvrir'- la revue belge : Le Disque vert, 1921-1941 / Sophie Levie -- Vive l'esprit me´canique! La revue dadai¨ste Me´cano (1922-1923) / Marco Entrop -- The Russian e´migre´-journal Versty / Willem G. Weststeijn.