The Egoist magazine: modernist fiction, serialization, and editorial controversies (1914-1925)

1. The Egoist launches as successor to The New Freewoman

   Jan 1, 1914Labels: The Egoist, Dora Marsden

   • MJP Egoist
   • MJP Intro
   • Egoist WP

2. Early 1914 issues establish a “little magazine” format

   Jan 15, 1914Labels: The Egoist, Little magazine

   • MJP Egoist
   • Egoist WP

3. Joyce’s *Portrait* serialization begins in The Egoist

   Feb 2, 1914Labels: James Joyce, A Portrait

   • Portrait WP
   • 1914 Lit WP

4. Harriet Shaw Weaver takes over as editor

   Jul 15, 1914Labels: Harriet Shaw

   • Egoist WP
   • Weaver WP

5. World War I pressures reshape the magazine’s operations

   Aug 1, 1914Labels: World War, The Egoist

   • Egoist WP
   • Modernism Lab

6. Joyce’s *Portrait* serialization concludes

   Sep 1, 1915Labels: James Joyce, A Portrait

   • Portrait WP
   • Christie s Portrait

7. Wyndham Lewis’s *Tarr* begins serialization

   Apr 1, 1916Labels: Wyndham Lewis, Tarr

   • Tarr WP
   • Egoist WP

8. T. S. Eliot joins the editorial staff

   Jan 1, 1917Labels: T S, The Egoist

   • Egoist WP
   • Modernism Lab

9. Tarr serialization finishes, reinforcing The Egoist’s fiction mission

   Nov 1, 1917Labels: Wyndham Lewis, Tarr

   • Tarr WP
   • Egoist WP

10. Weaver reports printers refusing Joyce’s *Ulysses* material

    Mar 8, 1918Labels: Harriet Shaw, Ulysses

    • JJDA Letters
    • MJP Egoist

11. Eliot’s “Tradition and the Individual Talent” appears in The Egoist

    Sep 1, 1919Labels: T S, Critical essay

    • Tradition WP
    • Cambridge Excerpt

12. Final issue of The Egoist marks the end of the magazine

    Dec 1, 1919Labels: The Egoist, Final issue

    • Egoist WP
    • Modernism Lab

13. Egoist Press issues an English edition of Joyce’s *Ulysses*

    Oct 1, 1922Labels: Egoist Press, Ulysses

    • Ulysses WP
    • Christie s Ulysses