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"From Foreign Sources": The Rise and Fall of the Translated Short Story in the Early Years of the Strand Magazine
- Author(s):
- Mercedes Sheldon (see profile)
- Date:
- 2019
- Subject(s):
- Periodicals, Periodicals, Literature--Translations, Periodical editors
- Item Type:
- Article
- Permanent URL:
- https://doi.org/10.17613/85tr-6w16
- Abstract:
- For a brief period before the rise in popularity of Sherlock Holmes and the serialized short story, The Strand Magazine (1891–1950) published a notable quantity of short stories in translation by authors from across continental Europe. The project of literary editor Herbert Greenhough Smith, these stories 'from foreign sources' received a lukewarm reception in the periodicals marketplace. Scholars often credit the briefness of this editorial experiment as due to the arrival of Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. I argue instead that, despite Greenhough Smith’s belief that a British periodical could thrive by primarily publishing works by foreign authors, his audience was not particularly interested in the idea beyond its initial novelty.
- Notes:
- This is the proofs file; as such, it contains errors corrected in the published version. Some of these errors are very minor {word choice, etc.}, while a few are in the citations {January listed when the material was in the February issue, etc.} If you'd like the corrected version, it is available behind the Project Muse paywall. If you do not have access to that repository, please reach out to me directly.
- Metadata:
- xml
- Published as:
- Journal article
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 7 months ago
- License:
- All Rights Reserved
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