The London Aphrodite

The London Aphrodite
Editor
CategoriesLiterary magazine
FrequencyBimonthly
PublisherFánfrolico Press
Founder
  • Jack Lindsay
  • P. R. Stephensen
Founded1928
First issueAugust 1928
Final issue
Number		July 1929
6
CountryUnited Kingdom
Based inLondon
LanguageEnglish

The London Aphrodite was a little literary magazine which existed between 1928 and 1929.[1] It is known for its founders Jack Lindsay and P. R. Stephensen. Tim Armstrong described the magazine as an example of micro-modernist publications.[1]

History and profile

The London Aphrodite was first published in August 1928.[2][3] Its founders and editors were Jack Lindsay and P. R. Stephensen who also owned the publisher of the magazine, Fánfrolico Press.[2][4] In the first issue it was announced that there would be only six issues of The London Aphrodite.[2] The same issue also contained a manifesto in which the editors attacked another British magazine entitled The London Mercury and its literary approach.[5] Cover page of the each issue was printed in different colours, and it was published on a bimonthly basis.[2]

Some of the contributors were Liam O'Flaherty, Robert Nichols, Kenneth Slessor, Pittendrigh Macgillivray and Stanley Snaith.[2] The final issue of The London Aphrodite appeared in July 1929.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c John T. Connor (August 2020). "Fanfrolico and After: The Lindsay Aesthetic in the Cultural Cold War". Modernist Cultures. 15 (3): 278–279. doi:10.3366/mod.2020.0297. S2CID 225448083.
  2. ^ a b c d e Barry Cole (1965). "Nihil Humani Alienum A Me Puto: Retrospect 15--The London Aphrodite". Ambit (24): 36–38. JSTOR 44330313.
  3. ^ "The London Aphrodite". University of Technology Sydney Libraries. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  4. ^ Benjamin Gilbert Brooks (January 1930). "London Note". Poetry. 35 (4): 217. JSTOR 20577391.
  5. ^ Peter Brooker; Andrew Thacker, eds. (2013). "General Introduction". The Oxford Critical and Cultural History of Modernist Magazines. Vol. I. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 16. doi:10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199654291.001.0001. ISBN 9780199211159.