History
Margaret Anderson conceived The Little Review in 1914 during the Chicago Literary Renaissance. In The Little Review’s opening editorial, Anderson called for the creation of a new form of criticism for art, emphasizing, “riticism as an art has not flourished in this country. We live too swiftly to have time to be appreciative; and criticism, after all, has only one synonym: appreciation”. This philosophy would shape the magazine throughout its fifteen-year run. In the early years, The Little Review published a variety of literature, essays, and poetry. The magazine advocated themes like feminism and even anarchism for a short time. Emma Goldman was a key figure during The Little Review’s brief affiliation with anarchism: Goldman was a regular contributor and Anderson wrote editorials advocating anarchism and art. In 1916, Heap became the magazine’s co-editor and stayed with the magazine until 1929.
Ezra Pound approached Anderson in late 1916 to help with the magazine, explaining, “he Little Review is perhaps temperamentally closer to what I want done”. As a result, Pound became foreign editor in 1917.
In the same year, The Little Review moved to Greenwich Village in New York City.
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