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Issue Details: First known date: 1931... 1931 Stream
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As writers who had been living in Europe during the 1920s began to settle in Melbourne in the early 1930s, the radical ideas of modernism began to take root. This is reflected in the foundation of the avant garde magazine Stream, first published in June 1931. Edited by Cyril Pearl, Stream was self-consciously un-Australian, drawing inspiration from a European aesthetic in reaction to the conservative nationalism of main-stream magazines. Few well-known writers contributed to Stream (Nettie Palmer being the notable exception) and much of the magazine comprised of translations of articles first published in European magazines. Original poetry and articles were contributed by writers such as Pearl, Ernest Harden, Edgar Holt and Bertram Higgins, reflecting their appreciation of modern writers such as T. S. Eliot, James Joyce, Thomas Mann, Aldous Huxley and other European and Soviet writers. But, despite the enthusiasm of its editor and contributors, Stream failed to find an audience to sustain its publication. Only three issues were published, the last appearing in August 1931.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

      Melbourne, Victoria,: 1931 .

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Cultivating Australian Poetry through Periodicals John Hawke , 2024 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Cambridge Companion to Australian Poetry 2024; (p. 54-70)

'This chapter discusses the importance of periodicals in the development of Australian poetry. It discusses the centrality of the Bulletin to an emergent nationalist tradition, before considering the Vitalist movement through Vision and the encouragement of modernism in Stream and Angry Penguins. It argues that the academic journal Southerly reinforced an early canon of Australian poetry in the 1940s while the establishment of Overland and Quadrant represented differing political poles in the 1950s. It maps a growing sense of regional diversity through magazines like Westerly, Island, and LINQ, which would supplement Meanjin’s early focus. The chapter then outlines the support of a new generation of writers in the 1970s through Poetry Magazine, later New Poetry, and Poetry Australia. While arguing for Scripsi’s crucial role in the 1980s, the chapter points to the emergence of specialist little magazines around work, multiculturalism, and feminism. The chapter discusses how this diversity would be strengthened in the 1990s, while the emergence of online journals like Jacket and Cordite Poetry Review provided renewed vibrancy and global recognition for Australian poetry.'

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Little Magazines : Stream 1931 John Hawke , 2008 single work criticism
— Appears in: Fifty Books for Fifty Years : Celebrating Half a Century of Collecting 2008; (p. 18-19) Journal of Poetics Research , September 2014 no. 1 2014;
Paris, Moscow, Melbourne: Some Avant-Garde Australian Little Magazines, 1930-1934 David Carter , 1993 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , May vol. 16 no. 1 1993; (p. 57-66) Always Almost Modern : Australian Print Cultures and Modernity 2013; (p. 112-127)
New Australian Art Magazine 1931 single work column
— Appears in: All About Books , 15 June vol. 3 no. 6 1931; (p. 136)
New Australian Art Magazine 1931 single work column
— Appears in: All About Books , 15 June vol. 3 no. 6 1931; (p. 136)
Little Magazines : Stream 1931 John Hawke , 2008 single work criticism
— Appears in: Fifty Books for Fifty Years : Celebrating Half a Century of Collecting 2008; (p. 18-19) Journal of Poetics Research , September 2014 no. 1 2014;
Paris, Moscow, Melbourne: Some Avant-Garde Australian Little Magazines, 1930-1934 David Carter , 1993 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , May vol. 16 no. 1 1993; (p. 57-66) Always Almost Modern : Australian Print Cultures and Modernity 2013; (p. 112-127)
Cultivating Australian Poetry through Periodicals John Hawke , 2024 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Cambridge Companion to Australian Poetry 2024; (p. 54-70)

'This chapter discusses the importance of periodicals in the development of Australian poetry. It discusses the centrality of the Bulletin to an emergent nationalist tradition, before considering the Vitalist movement through Vision and the encouragement of modernism in Stream and Angry Penguins. It argues that the academic journal Southerly reinforced an early canon of Australian poetry in the 1940s while the establishment of Overland and Quadrant represented differing political poles in the 1950s. It maps a growing sense of regional diversity through magazines like Westerly, Island, and LINQ, which would supplement Meanjin’s early focus. The chapter then outlines the support of a new generation of writers in the 1970s through Poetry Magazine, later New Poetry, and Poetry Australia. While arguing for Scripsi’s crucial role in the 1980s, the chapter points to the emergence of specialist little magazines around work, multiculturalism, and feminism. The chapter discusses how this diversity would be strengthened in the 1990s, while the emergence of online journals like Jacket and Cordite Poetry Review provided renewed vibrancy and global recognition for Australian poetry.'

Source: Abstract.

PeriodicalNewspaper Details

Frequency:
Monthly
Range:
1931 - Ceased publication after 3 issues
Size:
25cm
Price:
one shilling
Note:
'Stream, the art for art's sake, produced by a group of Australia's smart young people, with assistance.'
'The World of Books : Reviews : Magazines' The Argus 7 August, 1931, p. 3
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