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Categories | Literary magazine |
Frequency | Bimonthly |
Publisher | Fánfrolico Press |
Founder |
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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]
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]