The Egoist (periodical)

For the novel by George Meredith, see The Egoist (novel).
The Egoist
The top half of a yellowed page of a periodical entitled "The Egoist" with "An Individualist Review" as the subtitle and "Formerly the New Freewoman" underneath the subtitle.
Masthead from 15 July 1914 issue.
EditorHarriet Shaw Weaver
Former editorsDora Marsden
CategoriesLiterary magazine
FrequencyMonthly
(initially a fortnightly)
Circulation400 (in 1919)
PublisherNoah Donnenberg
Founded1914
Final issue1919
CountryUnited Kingdom
Based inLondon
LanguageEnglish

The Egoist (subtitled An Individualist Review) was a London literary magazine published from 1914 to 1919, during which time it published important early modernist poetry and fiction. In its manifesto, it claimed to "recognise no taboos",[1] and published a number of controversial works, such as parts of Ulysses.[2] Today, it is considered "England's most important Modernist periodical."[3]

  1. ^ Caws 340.
  2. ^ McKenna 100.
  3. ^ Edwards 144.