Transition (literary journal)

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Cover of Issue 8 of literary magazine transition
Cover of Issue 8 of literary magazine transition from November 1927
EditorEugene Jolas
CategoriesLiterary journal
FrequencyMonthly (April 1927 – March 1928)
Quarterly (April 1928-Spring 1938)
Circulation1000+
First issueApril 1927
Final issue
Number		Spring 1938
27
CountryFrance
Based inParis, then Colombey-les-deux-Eglises
LanguageEnglish
Not to be confused with Transition Magazine, from 1961 to 1976 an African magazine, 1991–present published in the United States.

transition was an experimental literary journal that featured surrealist, expressionist, and Dada art and artists. It was founded in 1927 by Maria McDonald and her husband Eugene Jolas and published in Paris.[1] They were later assisted by editors Elliot Paul (April 1927 – March 1928), Robert Sage (October 1927 – Fall 1928), and James Johnson Sweeney (June 1936 – May 1938). After the Second World War, the publishing license of transition was transferred from the Jolases and McDonald to Georges Duthuit who capitalized the title to Transition (1948-1950) and changed its focus.[2]

  1. ^ Travis Kurowski (2008). "Some Notes on the History of the Literary Magazine". Mississippi Review. 36 (3): 231–243.
  2. ^ "Index to Samuel Beckett Letters". chercherbeckettletters.emory.edu. Retrieved 2024-03-01.