The Little Review, May 1915 (Vol. 2, No. 3)Various
General
The Little Review, May 1915 (Vol. 2, No. 3)
Various
Literature, Modern -- 20th century -- Periodicals
It is certainly best to separate an artist so far from his work
as not to take him as seriously as his work.—_Nietzsche._
Editorials and Announcements
_The Murder of a Poet_
It is reported that Rupert Brooke died of sun-stroke last month in the
Dardanelles. There is nothing to be said in the face of such monster
horrors.... And it is also reported that Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson
has burned up his production of Shaw’s _Caesar and Cleopatra_, not being
able to bear the strain of acting in a play written by his unpatriotic
countryman who protested against such horrors.
_Emma Goldman’s Lectures in May_
At a recent meeting of the Chicago Woman’s Club, when all the editors of
Chicago magazines explained the virtues of their respective journals,
Lucien Cary said, politely but in effect, that THE LITTLE REVIEW was no
good. “The only striking thing it has done (beside coming out at all) is
to discover Emma Goldman, a nice woman with views less radical than
Emerson’s and certainly far less well expressed.” I quote this because
it is so exhilarating to catch Mr. Cary in a half-truth—the kind of
thing that makes for the confused thinking he is so valiantly in arms
against. If THE LITTLE REVIEW had been alive about twenty-five years ago
I hope we would have had the sense to discover that a great woman was
beginning to work in this country. As it is, we could only try to point
out how difficult and how fine has been Emma Goldman’s living of the
things Emerson thought it would be good to live. It was not for the
people who know their Emerson that we tried it, but for those who have
forgotten him, like Mr. Cary.... Since we failed so miserably we shall
have to try again. But in the meantime you may hear Emma Goldman herself
and discover just how she is helping to make Emerson’s essays livable.
She is to lecture for a week in Chicago, in the most delightful lecture
room in the city—the Assembly Room in the Fine Arts Building. Her
subjects are as follows, at 8:15 in the evening:
_Sunday, May 9_:
“Friedrich Nietzsche, the Intellectual Storm Centre of the European
War.”
_Monday, May 10_:
“Is Man a Varietist or Monogamist”?
_Tuesday, May 11_:
“Jealousy” (Its Cause and Possible Cure).
_Wednesday, May 12_:
“Social Revolution vs. Social Reform.”
_Thursday, May 13_:
“Feminism” (A Critique of the Modern Woman’s Movements).
_Saturday, May 15_:
“The Intermediate Sex” (A Study of Homosexuality).
_Sunday, May 16_:
“The Limitation of Offspring” (A Discussion of How and Why Small
Families Are Desirable).
“_Dionysion_”
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