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The January 1920 issue of the Dial.
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The January 1920 issue of the Dial.

The Dial was an American magazine published intermittently from 1840 to 1929. It began as a transcendentalist magazine with Margaret Fuller as its first editor (1840–1842), succeeded by another founder, Ralph Waldo Emerson. In this first form, the magazine remained in publication until 1844. Download high resolution version (421x670, 31 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: User:Blankfaze/imagelist The Dial Categories: Images in the public domain in the United States ... Download high resolution version (421x670, 31 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: User:Blankfaze/imagelist The Dial Categories: Images in the public domain in the United States ... 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... -1... ... Margaret Fuller (1810-1850), Marchioness Ossoli. ... Ralph Waldo Emerson Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882) was a famous American essayist and one of Americas most influential thinkers and writers. ... 1844 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...


After a one-year revival in 1860, The Dial resumed publication in 1880 as a political magazine, and it was in this form that Margaret Anderson, soon to be founder of The Little Review, worked for the magazine. 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... 1880 (MDCCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Margaret Caroline Anderson (November 24, 1886 - October 18, 1973) was founder and editor of the celebrated literary magazine The Little Review, which published an extraordinary collection of modern American and English writers between 1914 and 1929. ... The Little Review was a American literary magazine founded by Margaret Caroline Anderson which published modernist American and English writers between 1914 and 1929, most famously James Joyces Ulysses. ...


Finally, in 1920, Scofield Thayer re-established The Dial as a literary magazine, the form for which it is was most successful and best known. Thayer was a friend of T. S. Eliot's, and under his sway The Dial published remarkable harvests of influential artwork, poetry and fiction, including William Butler Yeats' The Second Coming and the first U.S. publication of The Waste Land. The first year alone saw the appearance of Sherwood Anderson, Djuna Barnes, Kenneth Burke, Hart Crane, E. E. Cummings, Charles Demuth, Kahlil Gibran, Christopher Howard, Gaston Lachaise, Amy Lowell, Marianne Moore, Ezra Pound, Odilon Redon, Bertrand Russell, Carl Sandburg, Van Wyck Brooks, and W. B. Yeats. 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... Scofield Thayer (12 December 1889 — 1982) was an American poet and publisher, best known as the publisher of the literary magazine The Dial during the 1920s. ... A literary magazine is a periodical devoted to literature in a broad sense. ... T.S. Eliot (by E.O. Hoppe, 1919) Thomas Stearns Eliot, OM (September 26, 1888 – January 4, 1965) was an American-born poet, dramatist, and literary critic, whose works, such as The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, The Waste Land and Four Quartets, are considered major achievements of twentieth... W.B. Yeats in Dublin on January 24, 1908. ... This article refers to the religious usage of the term. ... For other uses, see United States (disambiguation) and US (disambiguation). ... T. S. Eliot (by E. O. Hoppe, 1919) The Waste Land is a highly influential 433-line poem by T. S. Eliot. ... [[Sherwood Anderson (September 13, 1876 March 8, 1941) was an American writer, mainly of short stories, most notably the collection Winesburg, Ohio. ... Djuna Barnes (June 12, 1892 - June 18, 1982) played an important part in the development of 20th century English language modernist writing by women and was one of the key figures in 1920s and 30s bohemian Paris. ... Kenneth Burke (1897 - 1993) was a major American literary theorist and philosopher. ... Harold Hart Crane (July 21, 1899 in Garrettsville, Ohio, United States – April 27, 1932 at sea) was a U.S. poet. ... E. E. Cummings Edward Estlin Cummings (October 14, 1894 – September 3, 1962), typically abbreviated E. E. Cummings, was an American poet, painter, essayist, and playwright. ... Charles Demuth (November 9, 1883 - October 23, 1935) was an American precisionist painter. ... Khalil Gibran Gibran Khalil Gibran (January 6, 1883 - April 10, 1931) was a Lebanese poet and artist. ... Christopher Howard was one of the most influential and lesser known of the transcendentalists. ... Categories: Stub | 1882 births | 1935 deaths ... Amy Lowell Amy Lawrence Lowell (February 9, 1874 – May 12, 1925) was an American poet of the imagist school, who posthumously won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1926. ... Marianne Moore photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1948 Marianne Moore (November 15, 1887 - February 5, 1972) was a Modernist American poet and writer. ... Ezra Pound in 1913. ... Odilon Redon (April 22, 1840 - July 6, 1916) was a symbolist painter. ... The Right Honourable Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, OM, FRS (18 May 1872 – 2 February 1970), was an influential British logician, philosopher, and mathematician, working mostly in the 20th century. ... Time magazine, December 4, 1939 Carl August Sandburg (January 6, 1878 – July 22, 1967) was an American poet, historian, novelist, balladeer and folklorist. ... Van Wyck Brooks (b. ... A 1907 engraving of Yeats. ...


In this literary phase, The Dial published art as well as poetry and essays, with artists ranging from Vincent van Gogh, Renoir, Henri Matisse, and Odilon Redon on the one hand, through Oskar Kokoschka, Constantin Brancusi, and Edvard Munch, and even to Georgia O'Keeffe and Joseph Stella. The magazine also reported on the cultural life of European capitals, including T. S. Eliot from London, John Eglinton from Dublin, Ezra Pound from Paris, Thomas Mann from Germany, and Hugo von Hofmannsthal from Vienna. Vincent Willem van Gogh (March 30, 1853 – July 29, 1890) was a Dutch painter, generally considered one of the greatest painters in European art history. ... The name Renoir refers to more than one person. ... Photo of Henri Matisse taken by Carl Van Vechten, 1933 Henri Matisse (December 31, 1869 – November 3, 1954) was a French artist, particularly noted for his striking use of colour. ... Odilon Redon (April 22, 1840 - July 6, 1916) was a symbolist painter. ... Oskar Kokoschka (March 1, 1886-February 22, 1980) was an Austrian artist and poet, best known for his intense expressionistic portraits and landscapes. ... Constantin Brancusi (February 19, 1876 – March 16, 1957, originally Constantin Brâncuşi ), was a Romanian sculptor, born in Hobiţa, Gorj, near Târgu Jiu, where he placed his sculptural ensemble with The Table of Silence, The Gate of the Kiss and The Endless Column. ... Self Portrait with Skeleton Arm, 1895 Edvard Munch (December 12, 1863 – January 23, 1944) was a Norwegian expressionist painter and printmaker. ... Georgia O’Keeffe in Abiquiu, New Mexico, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1950 Georgia Totto OKeeffe (November 15, 1887 – March 6, 1986) was an American artist, widely regarded as one of the greatest modernist painters of the 20th century. ... Brooklyn Bridge by Joseph Stella. ... T.S. Eliot (by E.O. Hoppe, 1919) Thomas Stearns Eliot, OM (September 26, 1888 – January 4, 1965) was an American-born poet, dramatist, and literary critic, whose works, such as The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, The Waste Land and Four Quartets, are considered major achievements of twentieth... Ezra Pound in 1913. ... Thomas Mann Paul Thomas Mann (June 6, 1875 – August 12, 1955) was a German novelist, social critic, philanthropist and essayist, lauded principally for a series of highly symbolic and often ironic epic novels and mid-length stories, noted for their insight into the psychology of the artist and intellectual and... Hugo von Hofmannsthal (February 1, 1874 - July 15, 1929), was an Austrian novelist, librettist, poet, dramatist, narrator, and essayist. ...


The Dial proceeded through a series of editors in these years: Thayer overall from 1920–1926, Gilbert Seldes (1922–23), Kenneth Burke (1923), Alyse Gregory (1923–1925), Marianne Moore (1925–1929). Thayer fell ill in 1927, and without his financial support, the magazine fell into financial distress. The Dial ceased publication in July 1929.


Dial Press

The magazine founded a book publisher, The Dial Press, in 1924. The publishing house survived, and, by the 1960s, Dial was jointly owned by Richard Baron and Dell Publishing; E. L. Doctorow was editor-in-chief. Best-selling authors included James Baldwin and Vance Bourjaily. When Doubleday acquired Dell, the children's division of Dial Press was sold to E. P. Dutton. Dutton was bought by New American Library, which in turn became a part of the Penguin Group. E.L. Doctorow, photograph by Jill Krementz, from back cover of Doctorows 1975 novel Ragtime Edgar Lawrence Doctorow (born January 6, 1931, New York, New York) is the author of several critically acclaimed novels that blend history and social criticism. ... James Baldwin, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1955 James Baldwin (August 2, 1924 - December 1, 1987) was an African-American novelist, short story writer, and essayist, known for his novel Go Tell it on the Mountain. ... Doubleday is one of the largest book publishing companies in the world. ... E. P. Dutton is an American book publishing company founded as a book retailer in Boston, Massachusetts in 1852 by Edward Payson Dutton. ... New American Library (aka NAL) began publishing paperbacks in the 1940s. ... Penguin Group is the second largest trade book publisher in the world. ...


Notable contributors by volume

In its literary phase, The Dial was published monthly. Notable contributors for each of its volumes (six-month intervals) are summarized below.

[[Sherwood Anderson (September 13, 1876 March 8, 1941) was an American writer, mainly of short stories, most notably the collection Winesburg, Ohio. ... Djuna Barnes (June 12, 1892 - June 18, 1982) played an important part in the development of 20th century English language modernist writing by women and was one of the key figures in 1920s and 30s bohemian Paris. ... Randolph Silliman Bourne (1886 in Bloomfield, New Jersey - 1918) was a progressive writer and public intellectual best known for his essays, especially War is the Health of the State, which remained unfinished and found after his death. ... Kenneth Burke (1897 - 1993) was a major American literary theorist and philosopher. ... Harold Hart Crane (July 21, 1899 in Garrettsville, Ohio, United States – April 27, 1932 at sea) was a U.S. poet. ... E. E. Cummings Edward Estlin Cummings (October 14, 1894 – September 3, 1962), typically abbreviated E. E. Cummings, was an American poet, painter, essayist, and playwright. ... Charles Demuth (November 9, 1883 - October 23, 1935) was an American precisionist painter. ... Khalil Gibran Gibran Khalil Gibran (January 6, 1883 - April 10, 1931) was a Lebanese poet and artist. ... Categories: Stub | 1882 births | 1935 deaths ... Amy Lowell Amy Lawrence Lowell (February 9, 1874 – May 12, 1925) was an American poet of the imagist school, who posthumously won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1926. ... Marianne Moore photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1948 Marianne Moore (November 15, 1887 - February 5, 1972) was a Modernist American poet and writer. ... Ezra Pound in 1913. ... Odilon Redon (April 22, 1840 - July 6, 1916) was a symbolist painter. ... Paul Leopold Rosenfeld (May 4, 1890–July 21, 1946) was an American journalist, best known as a music critic. ... The Right Honourable Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, OM, FRS (18 May 1872 – 2 February 1970), was an influential British logician, philosopher, and mathematician, working mostly in the 20th century. ... Time magazine, December 4, 1939 Carl August Sandburg (January 6, 1878 – July 22, 1967) was an American poet, historian, novelist, balladeer and folklorist. ... Gilbert Vivian Seldes (1893 – 1970) was an American writer and cultural critic. ... Van Wyck Brooks (b. ... A 1907 engraving of Yeats. ... Richard Aldington (July 8, 1892 – July 27, 1962) was an English writer and poet. ... Julien Benda (December 26, 1867 - June 7, 1956) was a French philosopher and novelist. ... Kenneth Burke (1897 - 1993) was a major American literary theorist and philosopher. ... Joseph Conrad Joseph Conrad (December 3, 1857 – August 3, 1924) was a Polish novelist, who wrote in English. ... T.S. Eliot (by E.O. Hoppe, 1919) Thomas Stearns Eliot, OM (September 26, 1888 – January 4, 1965) was an American-born poet, dramatist, and literary critic, whose works, such as The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, The Waste Land and Four Quartets, are considered major achievements of twentieth... Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin (June 8, 1848 - May 9, 1903) was a leading Post-Impressionist painter. ... Rémy de Gourmont (April 4, 1858 - September 27, 1915) was a French Symbolist poet and influential critic. ... Ford Madox Ford (December 17, 1873 - June 26, 1939) was an English novelist and publisher. ... Ezra Pound in 1913. ... Marcel-Valentin-Louis-Eugène-Georges Proust (July 10, 1871 – November 18, 1922) was a French intellectual, novelist, essayist and critic, best known as the author of In Search of Lost Time (in French À la recherche du temps perdu, also translated previously as Remembrance of Things Past), a monumental work... Photo of Arthur Rimbaud Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud (October 20, 1854 – November 10, 1891) was a French poet, born in Charleville. ... Vincent Willem van Gogh (March 30, 1853 – July 29, 1890) was a Dutch painter, generally considered one of the greatest painters in European art history. ... William Carlos Williams Dr. William Carlos Williams (sometimes known as WCW) (September 17, 1883 – March 4, 1963), was an American poet closely associated with Modernism. ... W.B. Yeats in Dublin on January 24, 1908. ... Richard Aldington (July 8, 1892 – July 27, 1962) was an English writer and poet. ... [[Sherwood Anderson (September 13, 1876 March 8, 1941) was an American writer, mainly of short stories, most notably the collection Winesburg, Ohio. ... Johan Bojer was a Norwegian author. ... Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (July 5, 1889 – October 11, 1963) was a French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, boxing manager and filmmaker. ... E. E. Cummings Edward Estlin Cummings (October 14, 1894 – September 3, 1962), typically abbreviated E. E. Cummings, was an American poet, painter, essayist, and playwright. ... John Rodrigo Dos Passos, born January 14, 1896, in Chicago, Illinois, United States - died September 28, 1970, in Baltimore, Maryland, was a novelist and artist. ... T.S. Eliot (by E.O. Hoppe, 1919) Thomas Stearns Eliot, OM (September 26, 1888 – January 4, 1965) was an American-born poet, dramatist, and literary critic, whose works, such as The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, The Waste Land and Four Quartets, are considered major achievements of twentieth... Khalil Gibran Gibran Khalil Gibran (January 6, 1883 - April 10, 1931) was a Lebanese poet and artist. ... Rémy de Gourmont (April 4, 1858 - September 27, 1915) was a French Symbolist poet and influential critic. ... Ford Madox Ford (December 17, 1873 - June 26, 1939) was an English novelist and publisher. ... Categories: Stub | 1882 births | 1935 deaths ... D. H. Lawrence David Herbert Lawrence (11 September 1885 – 2 March 1930) was one of the most important, prolific and controversial English writers of the 20th century, whose output spans novels, short stories, poems, plays, essays, travel books, paintings, translations, literary criticism and personal letters. ... Wyndam Lewis in 1916 Wyndham Lewis (November 18, 1882 - March 7, 1957) was a British painter and author. ... Nicholas Vachel Lindsay (November 10, 1879 - December 5, 1931) was an American poet born in Springfield, Illinois, known as the Prairie Troubador. ... Mina Loy and her husband Stephen Haweis at Académie Colarossi Mina Loy (December 27, 1882 - September 25, 1966) was an artist, poet, Futurist, actor, Christian Scientist, designer of lamps and bohemian extraordinaire. ... Thomas Mann Paul Thomas Mann (June 6, 1875 – August 12, 1955) was a German novelist, social critic, philanthropist and essayist, lauded principally for a series of highly symbolic and often ironic epic novels and mid-length stories, noted for their insight into the psychology of the artist and intellectual and... There are several notable people named George Moore: G. E. Moore (George Edward Moore), (1873-1958), British Philosopher and early colleague of Bertrand Russell George Moore, champion Australian jockey George A. Moore, (George Augustus Moore) (1852-1933), Irish novelist George F. Moore, American military officer (1887-1949) George Fletcher Moore... Marianne Moore photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1948 Marianne Moore (November 15, 1887 - February 5, 1972) was a Modernist American poet and writer. ... Edwin Arlington Robinson (December 22, 1869 - April 6, 1935) was an American poet, who won three Pulitzer Prizes for his work. ... Paul Leopold Rosenfeld (May 4, 1890–July 21, 1946) was an American journalist, best known as a music critic. ... Gilbert Vivian Seldes (1893 – 1970) was an American writer and cultural critic. ... [[Sherwood Anderson (September 13, 1876 March 8, 1941) was an American writer, mainly of short stories, most notably the collection Winesburg, Ohio. ... Padraic Colum, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1959 Padraic Colum (December 8, 1881 - January 11, 1972) was an Irish poet, novelist, dramatist, biographer and collector of folklore. ... This article lacks information on the subject matters importance. ... Anatole France (April 16, 1844 – October 12, 1924) was the pen name of French author Jacques Anatole François Thibault. ... D. H. Lawrence David Herbert Lawrence (11 September 1885 – 2 March 1930) was one of the most important, prolific and controversial English writers of the 20th century, whose output spans novels, short stories, poems, plays, essays, travel books, paintings, translations, literary criticism and personal letters. ... Wyndam Lewis in 1916 Wyndham Lewis (November 18, 1882 - March 7, 1957) was a British painter and author. ... Amy Lowell Amy Lawrence Lowell (February 9, 1874 – May 12, 1925) was an American poet of the imagist school, who posthumously won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1926. ... Marianne Moore photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1948 Marianne Moore (November 15, 1887 - February 5, 1972) was a Modernist American poet and writer. ... John Middleton Murry (August 6, 1889 – March 12, 1957), was an English writer. ... Young Pablo Picasso Pablo Ruiz Picasso (Full name) (October 25, 1881 in Málaga, Spain – April 8, 1973) was a Spanish painter and sculptor. ... Ezra Pound in 1913. ... Logan Pearsall Smith (October 18, 1865-March 2, 1946) was an American essayist and critic, who settled in London. ... Arthur Schnitzler Arthur Schnitzler (May 15, 1862 - October 21, 1931) was an Austrian writer and doctor. ... Maximilian Weber (April 21, 1864 – June 14, 1920) was a German political economist and sociologist who is considered one of the founders of the modern, antipositivistic study of sociology and public administration. ... W.B. Yeats in Dublin on January 24, 1908. ... Conrad Potter Aiken (August 5, 1889 – August 17, 1973) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American author, born in Savannah, Georgia, whose work includes poetry, short stories and novels. ... [[Sherwood Anderson (September 13, 1876 March 8, 1941) was an American writer, mainly of short stories, most notably the collection Winesburg, Ohio. ... Louis Aragon (October 3, 1897 - December 24, 1982), French historian, poet and novelist. ... Alexander Porfiryevich Archipenko (1887 - 1964) was a U.S. (Russian-born) sculptor. ... Maxwell Bodenheim (May 26, 1891 – February 6, 1954) was an American poet and novelist. ... The Russian writer Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin (October 10, 1870 - November 8, 1953), born in Voronezh, won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1933. ... Kenneth Burke (1897 - 1993) was a major American literary theorist and philosopher. ... Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy (22 August 1877 Colombo - 9 September 1947 Needham, Massachusetts) was the son of the famous Sri Lankan legislator and philosopher Sir Mutu Coomaraswamy and his English wife Elizabeth Beeby. ... Harold Hart Crane (July 21, 1899 in Garrettsville, Ohio, United States – April 27, 1932 at sea) was a U.S. poet. ... S. Foster Damon (February 12, 1893 – December 25, 1971) was an American academic, a specialist in William Blake, a critic and a poet. ... E. E. Cummings Edward Estlin Cummings (October 14, 1894 – September 3, 1962), typically abbreviated E. E. Cummings, was an American poet, painter, essayist, and playwright. ... Hermann Hesse Hermann Hesse (July 2, 1877 – August 9, 1962) was a German author, and the winner of the 1946 Nobel Prize in literature. ... Alfred Louis Kroeber Alfred Louis Kroeber (June 11, 1876–October 5, 1960) was one of the most influential figures in American anthropology in the first half of the twentieth century. ... D. H. Lawrence David Herbert Lawrence (11 September 1885 – 2 March 1930) was one of the most important, prolific and controversial English writers of the 20th century, whose output spans novels, short stories, poems, plays, essays, travel books, paintings, translations, literary criticism and personal letters. ... Photo of Henri Matisse taken by Carl Van Vechten, 1933 Henri Matisse (December 31, 1869 – November 3, 1954) was a French artist, particularly noted for his striking use of colour. ... Charles Raymond Mortimer Bell (April 25, 1895-January 9, 1980), who wrote under the name Raymond Mortimer, was a British writer, known mostly as a critic and literary editor. ... Paul Leopold Rosenfeld (May 4, 1890–July 21, 1946) was an American journalist, best known as a music critic. ... The Repast of the Lion Wikimedia Commons has more media related to: bob Rousseau Henri Rousseau (May 21, 1844 – September 2, 1910) was a French Post-Impressionist painter in the Naive or Primitive manner. ... The Right Honourable Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, OM, FRS (18 May 1872 – 2 February 1970), was an influential British logician, philosopher, and mathematician, working mostly in the 20th century. ... Time magazine, December 4, 1939 Carl August Sandburg (January 6, 1878 – July 22, 1967) was an American poet, historian, novelist, balladeer and folklorist. ... George Santayana George Santayana (16 December 1863 – 26 September 1952), was a philosopher, essayist, poet and novelist. ... Gilbert Vivian Seldes (1893 – 1970) was an American writer and cultural critic. ... May Sinclair was the pseudonym of Mary Amelia St. ... Paul Valéry (October 30, 1871 - July 20, 1945) was a French author and poet of the Symbolist school. ... [[Sherwood Anderson (September 13, 1876 March 8, 1941) was an American writer, mainly of short stories, most notably the collection Winesburg, Ohio. ... Constantin Brancusi (February 19, 1876 – March 16, 1957, originally Constantin BrâncuÅŸi ), was a Romanian sculptor, born in HobiÅ£a, Gorj, near Târgu Jiu, where he placed his sculptural ensemble with The Table of Silence, The Gate of the Kiss and The Endless Column. ... Marc Chagall as photographed in 1941 by Carl Van Vechten. ... John Rodrigo Dos Passos, born January 14, 1896, in Chicago, Illinois, United States - died September 28, 1970, in Baltimore, Maryland, was a novelist and artist. ... T.S. Eliot (by E.O. Hoppe, 1919) Thomas Stearns Eliot, OM (September 26, 1888 – January 4, 1965) was an American-born poet, dramatist, and literary critic, whose works, such as The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, The Waste Land and Four Quartets, are considered major achievements of twentieth... Duncan James Corrow Grant (21 January 1885 - 9 May 1978) was a British painter, a member of the Bloomsbury group. ... Hermann Hesse Hermann Hesse (July 2, 1877 – August 9, 1962) was a German author, and the winner of the 1946 Nobel Prize in literature. ... Hugo von Hofmannsthal (February 1, 1874 - July 15, 1929), was an Austrian novelist, librettist, poet, dramatist, narrator, and essayist. ... D. H. Lawrence David Herbert Lawrence (11 September 1885 – 2 March 1930) was one of the most important, prolific and controversial English writers of the 20th century, whose output spans novels, short stories, poems, plays, essays, travel books, paintings, translations, literary criticism and personal letters. ... Mina Loy and her husband Stephen Haweis at Académie Colarossi Mina Loy (December 27, 1882 - September 25, 1966) was an artist, poet, Futurist, actor, Christian Scientist, designer of lamps and bohemian extraordinaire. ... Animal Destinies (Tierschicksale), 1913, Basel: Basel Kunstmuseum. ... Photo of Henri Matisse taken by Carl Van Vechten, 1933 Henri Matisse (December 31, 1869 – November 3, 1954) was a French artist, particularly noted for his striking use of colour. ... Thomas Mann Paul Thomas Mann (June 6, 1875 – August 12, 1955) was a German novelist, social critic, philanthropist and essayist, lauded principally for a series of highly symbolic and often ironic epic novels and mid-length stories, noted for their insight into the psychology of the artist and intellectual and... Charles Raymond Mortimer Bell (April 25, 1895-January 9, 1980), who wrote under the name Raymond Mortimer, was a British writer, known mostly as a critic and literary editor. ... Paul Leopold Rosenfeld (May 4, 1890–July 21, 1946) was an American journalist, best known as a music critic. ... Arthur Schnitzler Arthur Schnitzler (May 15, 1862 - October 21, 1931) was an Austrian writer and doctor. ... Wallace Stevens Wallace Stevens (October 2, 1879 – August 2, 1955) was an American Modernist poet. ... Edmund Wilson Edmund Beecher Wilson (1856 - 1939) was an American geneticist. ... W.B. Yeats in Dublin on January 24, 1908. ... Conrad Potter Aiken (August 5, 1889 – August 17, 1973) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American author, born in Savannah, Georgia, whose work includes poetry, short stories and novels. ... [[Sherwood Anderson (September 13, 1876 March 8, 1941) was an American writer, mainly of short stories, most notably the collection Winesburg, Ohio. ... Malcolm Cowley, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1963 Malcolm Cowley (1898 – March 27, 1989) was an American novelist, poet, critic, and journalist. ... E. E. Cummings Edward Estlin Cummings (October 14, 1894 – September 3, 1962), typically abbreviated E. E. Cummings, was an American poet, painter, essayist, and playwright. ... There are two well-known artists named Stuart Davis. ... John Dewey (October 20, 1859 – June 1, 1952) was an American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer, whose thought has been greatly influential in the United States and around the world. ... Gerhart Hauptmann Gerhart Hauptmann (November 15, 1862 - June 6, 1946), German dramatist, was born on at Obersalzbrunn, Prussia (now Szczawno Drój, Poland) in Silesia, the son of a hotel-keeper. ... Hugo von Hofmannsthal (February 1, 1874 - July 15, 1929), was an Austrian novelist, librettist, poet, dramatist, narrator, and essayist. ... Marie Laurencin photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1949 Marie Laurencin (October 31, 1883 — June 8, 1956), Parisian painter and engraver. ... D. H. Lawrence David Herbert Lawrence (11 September 1885 – 2 March 1930) was one of the most important, prolific and controversial English writers of the 20th century, whose output spans novels, short stories, poems, plays, essays, travel books, paintings, translations, literary criticism and personal letters. ... Thomas Mann Paul Thomas Mann (June 6, 1875 – August 12, 1955) was a German novelist, social critic, philanthropist and essayist, lauded principally for a series of highly symbolic and often ironic epic novels and mid-length stories, noted for their insight into the psychology of the artist and intellectual and... Katherine Mansfield, born Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp (October 14, 1888–January 9, 1923) in New Zealand was a famous author. ... Frans Masereel (1889-1972) was a Belgian painter, one of the greatest woodcut artist of our time. ... There are several notable people named George Moore: G. E. Moore (George Edward Moore), (1873-1958), British Philosopher and early colleague of Bertrand Russell George Moore, champion Australian jockey George A. Moore, (George Augustus Moore) (1852-1933), Irish novelist George F. Moore, American military officer (1887-1949) George Fletcher Moore... Marianne Moore photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1948 Marianne Moore (November 15, 1887 - February 5, 1972) was a Modernist American poet and writer. ... Charles Raymond Mortimer Bell (April 25, 1895-January 9, 1980), who wrote under the name Raymond Mortimer, was a British writer, known mostly as a critic and literary editor. ... Young Pablo Picasso Pablo Ruiz Picasso (Full name) (October 25, 1881 in Málaga, Spain – April 8, 1973) was a Spanish painter and sculptor. ... Ezra Pound in 1913. ... Paul Leopold Rosenfeld (May 4, 1890–July 21, 1946) was an American journalist, best known as a music critic. ... The Repast of the Lion Wikimedia Commons has more media related to: bob Rousseau Henri Rousseau (May 21, 1844 – September 2, 1910) was a French Post-Impressionist painter in the Naive or Primitive manner. ... Edmund Wilson Edmund Beecher Wilson (1856 - 1939) was an American geneticist. ... W.B. Yeats in Dublin on January 24, 1908. ... Stefan Zweig (November 28, 1881 – February 22, 1942) was an Austrian writer. ... Djuna Barnes (June 12, 1892 - June 18, 1982) played an important part in the development of 20th century English language modernist writing by women and was one of the key figures in 1920s and 30s bohemian Paris. ... Pierre Bonnard (October 3, 1867 - January 23, 1947) was a French painter and printmaker. ... Van Wyck Brooks (b. ... Karel ÄŒapek (pronounced â–¶ (help· info); IPA: ) (January 9, 1890 - December 25, 1938) was one of the most important Czech writers of the 20th century. ... Charing Cross Bridge, London (1906) Andr Derain (June 10, 1880 - September 8, 1954) was a French painter and illustrator. ... Roger Eliot Fry (14 December 1866 - 9 September 1934) was an English artist and critic, and a member of the Bloomsbury group. ... Alyse Gregory (1884-1967) was born at Norwalk in Connecticut. ... Knut Hamsun (31 years old) in 1890 Knut Hamsun (August 4, 1859 – February 19, 1952) was a leading Norwegian author and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920. ... Alfred Kreymborg (1883–1966) was an American poet, novelist, playwright, literary editor and anthologist. ... Marie Laurencin photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1949 Marie Laurencin (October 31, 1883 — June 8, 1956), Parisian painter and engraver. ... There are several notable people named George Moore: G. E. Moore (George Edward Moore), (1873-1958), British Philosopher and early colleague of Bertrand Russell George Moore, champion Australian jockey George A. Moore, (George Augustus Moore) (1852-1933), Irish novelist George F. Moore, American military officer (1887-1949) George Fletcher Moore... Paul Morand (b. ... Luigi Pirandello Luigi Pirandello (June 28, 1867 – December 10, 1936) was an Italian dramatist, novelist, and short story writer awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1934. ... 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For further reading

  • Joost, Nicholas. Scofield Thayer and The Dial: An Illustrated History. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1964.
  • Joost, Nicholas and Sullivan, Alvin. D. H. Lawrence and the Dial. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1970.

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