French Literature Reviews - 2026

Anglo-American Modernist Reviews
Other Literary Studies

Anglo-American Modernist Reviews: Sites of Exchange, Sites of Exile
edited by Benoît Tadié

Éditions Ent'revues
174, rue de Rivoli, F-75001 Paris
T. 01 53 34 23 23
F. 01 53 34 23 00

Publisher: Seuil
Distributor: Volumen
320 pages, b/w ill.
ISBN: 2-907702-43-2
Price: 20 euros

Contents:
· Benoît Tadié, "Modernist Reviews and the Violence of History"
· Jean-Michel Rabaté, "Modernist Tradition or the Taxonomy of Little Magazines: The New Age, The Egoist, transition"
· Céline Mansanti, "From The Criterion to transition: The Evolution of Literary Reviews and the Disintegration of the Avant-Garde Spirit"
· Christopher Bains, "Ezra Pound's Paris: Utopia and Exile in the Pages of The New Age and The Dial"
· Annelie Fitzgerald, "The Tyro (1921–22): A 'Little Magazine' Between Exchange and Exile"
· Stamatina Dimakopoulou, "Broom (1921–1924): Avant-Gardes, Modernities, and America Rediscovered"
· Peter Brooker, "The Freewoman, The New Freewoman, and The Egoist: Modern Women and Masculine Modernism"
· Andrew Thacker, "Coterie: A Mixture Lacking Editorial Coherence?"
· Laurent Jeanpierre, "Modernist Reviews and Literary Fields: Boundary Issues"
· Béatrice Mousli, "Philippe Soupault, Americanist"
· Anne-Rachel Hermetet, "The Criterion and European Literatures (1922–1925)"
· Noëlle Cuny, "The Dialogue Between Science and Art in Blast, The Athenæum, The Signature"
· Claude Grimal, "La Revue Plastique: A Vehicle for Abstract Art Between France and the United States"
· Charlotte Gould, "Jacob Epstein's Rock Drill and the Artistic Fortune of Blast"
· Hélène Aji, "Camera Work: Modernist Montage"
· Anna-Louise Milne, "A Peaceful Avant-Garde: The Modernism of a French Little Magazine Caught Up in War"

The study of little magazines occupies a central position in modernist scholarship, as these ephemeral publications served as the primary conduits for avant-garde manifestos and experimental writing. By facilitating the circulation of ideas across national borders, these periodicals often functioned as sites of intellectual migration and artistic tension. Readers interested in the history of transatlantic literary exchange and the institutional dynamics of early twentieth-century print culture may find these contributions relevant.

This volume contains essays by Benoît Tadié, Jean-Michel Rabaté, Céline Mansanti, Christopher Bains, Annelie Fitzgerald, Stamatina Dimakopoulou, Peter Brooker, Andrew Thacker, Laurent Jeanpierre, Béatrice Mousli, Anne-Rachel Hermetet, Noëlle Cuny, Claude Grimal, Charlotte Gould, Hélène Aji, and Anna-Louise Milne. The contributions examine various periodicals, including The Criterion, The Egoist, transition, The New Age, The Dial, The Tyro, Broom, The Freewoman, The New Freewoman, Coterie, Blast, The Athenæum, The Signature, La Revue Plastique, and Camera Work.