Modern Quarterly (American magazine)

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Modern Quarterly was a left leaning but unaffiliated radical politics and arts magazine begun by V. F. Calverton in 1923. [1] The magazine was based in Baltimore. [2] From 1928 to 1932, Samuel D. Schmalhausen served on the editorial board and the magazine began to publish work examining sex relations through the lens of psychoanalysis. [3] :94 The magazine had a Marxist approach, but also had individual and political toleration. [1] It carried articles on anthropology, psychology, sociology, medicine, literary criticism, and the problems of colored people. [1]

From 1933 until Calverton's death in 1940 it continued as The Modern Monthly, though it faded in prominence through the 1930s. [3] :98,292 During this period it adopted an anti-Stalinist approach. [1] It was notable for publishing opposing views within the same issue and supporting the work of black intellectuals. [4] The magazine ceased publication in 1940. [1]

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  2. Cary D. Wintz; Paul Finkelman (2004). Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance: K-Y. Taylor & Francis. p. 804. ISBN   978-1-57958-458-0 . Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  3. 1 2 Buhle, Mari Jo (1998). Feminism and its Discontents: A Century of Struggle with Psychoanalysis. Harvard University Press. ISBN   0-674-29868-3.
  4. Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance: K-Y. Taylor & Francis. 2004. p. 804.