The idea of The Seven Arts was first conceived by Oppenheim and Frank at a party in Greenwich Village; Frank, who had many literary contacts, would serve as associate editor and find contributors for the magazine. Oppenheim would serve as editor, and by this time, had already met Annette Rankine, who agreed to finance the magazine. Rankine had no influence over editorial decisions, but when her family pressured her over the magazine's increasingly hostile attitude toward the U.S.’s involvement in the First World War, which culminated in The Seven Arts’s acerbic August 1917 issue, she withdrew her support and killed herself shortly thereafter.[3] All three editors contributed material to the magazine; Oppenheim wrote several poems and editorials for The Seven Arts, although his most significant achievement may have been organizing the superb, but potentially discordant contributions that continually came in: “I took hold of the blessed thing and each month studied our available material carefully, composing the next number somewhat as if I were composing a symphony or painting a picture: there had to be balance, homogeneity, a something that united the whole, an ensemble effect that was pleasurable.”[4]
Randolph Bourne, perhaps the most brilliant contributor to The Seven Arts, certainly its most coherent voice criticizing the war, disrupted Oppenheim's “ensemble effect.” Bourne's scathing anti-war pieces for The Seven Arts, “The War and the Intellectuals”[5] (June 1917), “Below the Battle”[6] (July 1917), “The Collapse of American Strategy” (August 1917), “A War Diary”[7] (September 1917), and "Twilight of Idols" (October 1917), were audacious, brave, and discordant. The tensions that Oppenheim carefully balanced each month between artistic expression and political revelation snapped, The Seven Arts collapsed, and one year later Bourne was dead. Others offered to back the magazine, but the editors were unable to find an agreeable means of sharing responsibilities and power.[8] Historian Casey Nelson Blake writes: “The posthumous idealization of the Seven Arts reflects a widespread sentiment, on the part of its survivors and historians, that the journal was itself part of a ‘potential America’ crushed in the stampede to total war, antiradical hysteria, and ‘normalcy’” (123).[9]
Referencesedit
^The Seven Arts. p. 52. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
^Van Wyck Brooks (1962). Fenollosa and his Circle: With Other Essays in Biography. p. 309.
^James Oppenheim (1930). "The Story of The Seven Arts". American Mercury. pp. 162–63.
^"The War and the Intellectuals. In SEVEN ARTS II (June, 1917). 133-146". 1917.
^"Below the Battle. In THE SEVEN ARTS CHRONICLE Vol. II, July 1917". July 1917.
^"A War Diary. In SEVEN ARTS Vol. II, September, 1917". September 1917.
^Frederick Hoffman; Charles Allen & Carolyn F. Ulrich (1946). Little Magazine: A History and Bibliography. p. 92.
^Casey Blake (1990). Beloved Community: The Cultural Criticism of Randolph Bourne, Van Wyck Brooks, Waldo Frank, and Lewis Mumford. p. 123.
Further readingedit
Frank, Waldo .'Memoirs of Waldo Frank. Ed. Alan Trachtenberg. Amherst, MA: U of Massachusetts P, 1973.
Gilbert, James Burkhart. Writers and Partisans: A History of Literary Radicalism in America. New York: Wiley, 1968.
Hegeman, Susan. Patterns for America: Modernism and the Concept of Culture. Princeton, NJ: Princeton UP, 1999.
Jablonski, Joseph (1998). "Seven Arts". In Buhle, Mari Jo; Buhle, Paul; Georgakas, Dan (eds.). Encyclopedia of the American Left (2nd ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 740–741. ISBN978-0-19-512088-2. OCLC 883502878.
Kingham, Victoria, Commerce, Little Magazines, and Modernity: New York, 1915–1922. PhD, De Montfort University, Leicester, 2010.
Wertheim, Arthur Frank. The New York Little Renaissance: Iconoclasm, Modernism, and Nationalism in American Culture New York: New York UP, 1976. L
External linksedit
The Seven Arts at The Modernist Journals Project: a cover-to-cover, searchable digital edition of all 12 issues (and 1 supplement) from November 1916 to October 1917. PDFs of these issues may be downloaded for free from the MJP website.
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The Seven Arts an early example of the little magazine was edited by James Oppenheim Waldo Frank and Van Wyck Brooks it appeared monthly from November 1916 through October 1917 Jointly envisaged by Oppenheim and Frank The Seven Arts was an attempt to anticipate and influence the United States emerging renascent period 1 in the first issue the editors explain In short The Seven Arts is not a magazine for artists but an expression of artists for the community 2 Of the many contributors to the magazine Sherwood Anderson J D Beresford Randolph Bourne Theodore Dreiser Robert Frost Kahlil Gibran D H Lawrence Amy Lowell Paul Rosenfeld and Louis Untermeyer were among the most prolific The Seven ArtsFormer editorsJames Oppenheim Waldo Frank and Van Wyck BrooksCategoriesLiterary journalFirst issue 1916 1916 month Final issue1917CountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish Contents 1 History 2 References 3 Further reading 4 External linksHistory editThe idea of The Seven Arts was first conceived by Oppenheim and Frank at a party in Greenwich Village Frank who had many literary contacts would serve as associate editor and find contributors for the magazine Oppenheim would serve as editor and by this time had already met Annette Rankine who agreed to finance the magazine Rankine had no influence over editorial decisions but when her family pressured her over the magazine s increasingly hostile attitude toward the U S s involvement in the First World War which culminated in The Seven Arts s acerbic August 1917 issue she withdrew her support and killed herself shortly thereafter 3 All three editors contributed material to the magazine Oppenheim wrote several poems and editorials for The Seven Arts although his most significant achievement may have been organizing the superb but potentially discordant contributions that continually came in I took hold of the blessed thing and each month studied our available material carefully composing the next number somewhat as if I were composing a symphony or painting a picture there had to be balance homogeneity a something that united the whole an ensemble effect that was pleasurable 4 Randolph Bourne perhaps the most brilliant contributor to The Seven Arts certainly its most coherent voice criticizing the war disrupted Oppenheim s ensemble effect Bourne s scathing anti war pieces for The Seven Arts The War and the Intellectuals 5 June 1917 Below the Battle 6 July 1917 The Collapse of American Strategy August 1917 A War Diary 7 September 1917 and Twilight of Idols October 1917 were audacious brave and discordant The tensions that Oppenheim carefully balanced each month between artistic expression and political revelation snapped The Seven Arts collapsed and one year later Bourne was dead Others offered to back the magazine but the editors were unable to find an agreeable means of sharing responsibilities and power 8 Historian Casey Nelson Blake writes The posthumous idealization of the Seven Arts reflects a widespread sentiment on the part of its survivors and historians that the journal was itself part of a potential America crushed in the stampede to total war antiradical hysteria and normalcy 123 9 References edit The Seven Arts p 52 a href Template Cite news html title Template Cite news cite news a Missing or empty title help The Seven Arts p 53 Van Wyck Brooks 1962 Fenollosa and his Circle With Other Essays in Biography p 309 James Oppenheim 1930 The Story of The Seven Arts American Mercury pp 162 63 The War and the Intellectuals In SEVEN ARTS II June 1917 133 146 1917 Below the Battle In THE SEVEN ARTS CHRONICLE Vol II July 1917 July 1917 A War Diary In SEVEN ARTS Vol II September 1917 September 1917 Frederick Hoffman Charles Allen amp Carolyn F Ulrich 1946 Little Magazine A History and Bibliography p 92 Casey Blake 1990 Beloved Community The Cultural Criticism of Randolph Bourne Van Wyck Brooks Waldo Frank and Lewis Mumford p 123 Further reading editFrank Waldo Memoirs of Waldo Frank Ed Alan Trachtenberg Amherst MA U of Massachusetts P 1973 Gilbert James Burkhart Writers and Partisans A History of Literary Radicalism in America New York Wiley 1968 Hegeman Susan Patterns for America Modernism and the Concept of Culture Princeton NJ Princeton UP 1999 Jablonski Joseph 1998 Seven Arts In Buhle Mari Jo Buhle Paul Georgakas Dan eds Encyclopedia of the American Left 2nd ed New York Oxford University Press pp 740 741 ISBN 978 0 19 512088 2 OCLC 883502878 Kingham Victoria Commerce Little Magazines and Modernity New York 1915 1922 PhD De Montfort University Leicester 2010 Wertheim Arthur Frank The New York Little Renaissance Iconoclasm Modernism and Nationalism in American Culture New York New York UP 1976 LExternal links editThe Seven Arts at The Modernist Journals Project a cover to cover searchable digital edition of all 12 issues and 1 supplement from November 1916 to October 1917 PDFs of these issues may be downloaded for free from the MJP website The Seven Arts vol 1 The Seven 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