Little magazine, world form /

A solid contribution to scholarship on little magazines, Little Magazine, World Form revisits and delves into the international nature of this literary genre. Bulson (Claremont Graduate Univ.) combines archival research, close readings of text and form in specific journals, and recent theoretical debates about world literature, and he looks at his subject through a variety of critical lenses. Among the book's highlights are use of network analysis in discussing little magazines; a reexamination of the international nature of Anglo-American reviews (the author is particularly interested in Pound and Eliot); a discussion of the little magazine in Italy, with particular emphasis on Marinetti and futurism; and an examination of the concept of exile (including both American expatriates and European refugees). In addition, Bulson draws on recent debates on postcolonialism in world literature, for example in a robust discussion focused on journals from the West Indies and Africa, and he discusses the telegraph as a metaphor and physical model (again focusing on Marinetti's work fostering futurism). The book concludes with a brief afterword on the digitization of little magazines. With this volume Bulson accomplishes his goal of advancing current scholarship on little magazines. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty. --Chatham B. Ewing, Cleveland Public Library