The Masses
Appearance
The Masses was a graphically innovative magazine of socialist politics published monthly in the U.S. from 1911 to 1917, when government suppression shut it down. It was succeeded by The Liberator and then later The New Masses. It published reportage, fiction, poetry and art by the leading radicals of the time such as Max Eastman, John Reed and Floyd Dell.
Notable contributors
Sherwood Anderson
George Bellows
Arthur Davies
Floyd Dell
Max Eastman
Jack London
Amy Lowell
Inez Milholland
John Reed
John French Sloan
Louis Untermeyer
Art Young
See also
Masses Publishing Co. v. Patten
Further reading
- O'Neill, William. Echoes of Revolt: The Masses, 1911-1917. Ivan R. Dee, Publisher. ISBN 0-929587-15-4.
- Zurier, Rebecca. Art for The Masses: A Radical Magazine and Its Graphics, 1911-1917. Temple University Press. ISBN 0-87722-670-9.
External links
Archives
- Cover Illustrations Collection at Michigan State University
- Political Cartoons from the Masses. Marxists Internet Archive. Retrieved on March 11, 2006.
- Max Eastman archive
- John Reed archive
Articles
- The Masses article on Spartacus online encyclopedia. Retrieved on March 11, 2006.