The Egoist Press
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The Egoist Press was a small but influential early 20th-century British publishing house known for championing modernist literature and experimental writers.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
publishing house
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small press ⓘ |
| activePeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| associatedPublication | The Egoist (literary magazine) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithMovement |
literary modernism
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modernism ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
acceptance of experimental prose
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development of James Joyce’s readership ⓘ dissemination of modernist literature in Britain ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| describedAs |
champion of modernist writers
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small but influential ⓘ |
| distributedTo |
United States
NERFINISHED
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continental Europe ⓘ |
| editorialInfluenceFrom | Ezra Pound NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| focus |
avant-garde writing
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experimental poetry ⓘ innovative fiction ⓘ |
| impactOnField | shaping early English-language modernism ⓘ |
| knownFor |
experimental literature
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modernist literature ⓘ publishing controversial works ⓘ |
| languageOfPublication | English ⓘ |
| location |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| market | British literary market ⓘ |
| operatedInCentury | 20th century ⓘ |
| publishedAuthor |
D. H. Lawrence
NERFINISHED
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Ezra Pound NERFINISHED ⓘ James Joyce NERFINISHED ⓘ T. S. Eliot NERFINISHED ⓘ Wyndham Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publishedWork |
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
NERFINISHED
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Dubliners NERFINISHED ⓘ Poems by T. S. Eliot ⓘ Prufrock and Other Observations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relationshipToTheEgoistMagazine | publishing offshoot ⓘ |
| reputation | courageous in publishing risky material ⓘ |
| roleInCareerOf |
D. H. Lawrence
NERFINISHED
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Ezra Pound NERFINISHED ⓘ James Joyce NERFINISHED ⓘ T. S. Eliot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scale | small independent press ⓘ |
| specialization |
highly selective list of authors
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limited print runs ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| typeOfBusiness | literary publisher ⓘ |
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