Reedy's Mirror was a literary journal in St. Louis, Missouri in the fin de siècle era.[1] It billed itself "The Mid-West Weekly".[2]
| Editor-in-chief | William Marion Reedy 1896–c. 1920 |
|---|---|
| Categories | literary journal |
| Frequency | weekly, later monthly |
| Publisher | The Sunday Mirror Company 1891–c. 1896 |
| First issue | February 25, 1891 |
| Final issue | 1944 |
| Country | United States |
| Based in | St. Louis |
| Language | English |
Contributors included Edna St. Vincent Millay,[3] Robert Frost, Carl Sandburg,[4] Ezra Pound, Vachel Lindsay,[1] Harris Merton Lyon,[5] Sara Teasdale,[6] Albert Bloch[7] and Theodore Dreiser.[1]
Edgar Lee Masters first published parts of his Spoon River Anthology in Reedy's Mirror over the course of 1914.[8]
Overview
editThe journal first appeared on February 25, 1891, under the title of the Sunday Mirror, published by The Sunday Mirror Company in St. Louis.[9] On February 28, 1895, the title was changed to The Mirror.[9]
In October 1896, it was bought back by James Campbell, and William Marion Reedy became the editor in December 1896.[9] He operated on a shoestring budget.[1] The journal was renamed Reedy's Paper until May 30, 1913, when it became known as Reedy's Mirror.[9]
An offspring of that journal called The Mirror was revived from 1920 to 1944, edited first by Charles J. Finger[10] and finally by Barry Lewis.[9]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Joseph Griffin, The Small Canvas: Introduction to Dreiser's Short Stories, Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1985, p. 36
- ^ Ronald Weber, The Midwestern Ascendancy in American Writing, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 1992, p. 99.
- ^ Jackson, Timothy F. (2016). Selected Poems of Edna St. Vincent Millay: An Annotated Edition. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 55. ISBN 9780300213966.
- ^ Philip Yannella, i Other Carl Sandburg, University Press of Mississippi, 1997, p. xx
- ^ Max J. Putzel, The Man in the Mirror: William Marion Reedy and His Magazine, Columbia, Missouri: University of Missouri Press, 1998, pp. 256-259.
- ^ Jean Gould, American Women Poets: Pioneers of Modern Poetry, New York City: Dodd Mead, 1980, p. 91
- ^ Hoberg, Annegret (1997). Albert Bloch, the American Blue Rider. Munich: Prestel. p. 9.
- ^ Edgar Lee Masters' Life and Career, Modern American Poetry, Univ. of Illinois.
- ^ a b c d e Max J. Puzel, The Man in the Mirror: William Marion Reedy and His Magazine, Columbia, Missouri: University of Missouri Press, 1998, pp. 299-300.
- ^ Max J. Putzel, Genius of Place, Louisiana State University Press, 1985, p. 17.
External links
editReedy's Mirror Digital Collection at St. Louis Public Library