The London Aphrodite

*The London Aphrodite*
Editor	Jack Lindsay; P. R. Stephensen;
Categories	Literary magazine
Frequency	Bimonthly
Publisher	Fánfrolico Press
Founder	Jack Lindsay; P. R. Stephensen;
Founded	1928
First issue	August 1928
Final issue; Number	July 1929; 6
Country	United Kingdom
Based in	London
Language	English

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

^ ^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.
^ ^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.
^ "The London Aphrodite". University of Technology Sydney Libraries. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
^ Benjamin Gilbert Brooks (January 1930). "London Note". Poetry. 35 (4): 217. JSTOR 20577391.
^ 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.

External links

Issues of The London Aphrodite AustLit database

[jtcon-1] 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.

[bcole-2] 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.

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