BLAST
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==Introduction== | ==Introduction== | ||
| + | BLAST was a literary magazine concerning an artistic and social movement called "Vorticism" that was published about a month before World War I began. Wyndham Lewis and Ezra Pound were the founders for the Vorticist movement. BLAST was, essentially, the birth of Vorticism, as this magazine is where the Vorticist Manifesto was first solidified and made publicly known. | ||
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In our exploration of ''Blast'', we aimed to understand how the outbreak of World War I made the second issue of the magazine different from the first. | In our exploration of ''Blast'', we aimed to understand how the outbreak of World War I made the second issue of the magazine different from the first. | ||
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We have observed that the war drained the magazine of most of its unique energy and replaced it with more a informative portrayal of the articles, while still maintaining the abstract style of the publication in at least one aspect. | We have observed that the war drained the magazine of most of its unique energy and replaced it with more a informative portrayal of the articles, while still maintaining the abstract style of the publication in at least one aspect. | ||
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==Timeline== | ==Timeline== | ||
