| This thesis is a cultural and material history of the little magazine phenomenon of the 1890s in America and is informed by a sociology of texts methodology. These little magazines, over 300 of which emerged between 1894 and 1904, represented a prolific and significant body of alternative print culture and are central to the literary and social history of this period. The thesis documents the social and cultural origins of the form and its producers; describes the material conditions of production, distribution, and reception governing their emergence; explores the literary and social networks of the people that produced them; and provides an overview of the main types of these magazines ("aesthetic," "protest," "humor and parody," and "miscellaneous") and their typical content. An updated bibliography of these magazines, which have not been fully documented since 1903, is included. |
