New Statesman

Literary/ Cultural Context Essay

Chris Baldick (Goldsmiths College, University of London)

Ed. by Chris Baldick, Goldsmiths College, University of London
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.08: English Writing and Culture of the early Twentieth Century , 1900-1945.
Vol. editors: Chris Baldick (Goldsmiths College, University of London), Peter Childs (Birmingham Newman University), Louise McDonald (Birmingham Newman University), Andrew Radford (University of Glasgow)

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Date of occurrence 1913-04-12

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England (Location)

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The

New Statesman

is a weekly political and literary magazine published from London since April 1913. For some periods of its history it appeared as the

New Statesman and Nation

(1931-58, after absorbing the

Nation and Athenaeum

) and as the

New Statesman and Society

(1988-96, after merger with

New Society

). Politically associated with the Left and with its puritan abstentionist traditions, it was for long periods linked especially with pacifist currents in and beyond the Labour Party. Its literary significance lies chiefly in its cultural “back half” of pages devoted to stories, essays, poems and reviews of books and the arts.

The magazine was founded by leaders of the intellectual socialist Fabian Society, principally Beatrice and Sidney Webb, with support from Bernard Shaw and other

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Citation: Baldick, Chris. "New Statesman". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 17 March 2021 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=19629, accessed 19 April 2024.]

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