The Dome (periodical)

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The Dome published in London by the Unicorn Press and subtitled consecutively "A Quarterly Containing Examples of the Arts" and "An Illustrated Monthly Magazine and Review" was a literary periodical associated with the "Nineties" scene, edited by Ernest J. Oldmeadow. It ran for three years, from March 1897 to July 1900. It is usually considered to be the last more or less successful attempt to deliver a valuable literary magazine with a considerable circulation, yet working from an Aestheticist rationale.

Even more than its more (in)famous predecessors The Yellow Book and The Savoy (which mostly focussed on literature), The Dome dealt with both visual and verbal art, and it also covered music and theatre. It was known for its in-depth studies of painters which rose above the level of mere appreciations, and often championed promising talents such as Edward Elgar.

[edit] Notable contributors

• Edward Elgar
• Laurence Housman
• Roger Fry
• Alice Meynell
• William Strang
• Arthur Symons
• William Butler Yeats
• Campbell Dodgson
• Martin Schongauer
• Francis Thompson
• Gordon Craig

[edit] Bibliography

• Darcy, Cornelius P. "The Dome" in British Literary Magazines: The Victorian and Edwardian Age, 1837-1913. Ed. Alvin Sullivan. London: Greenwood Press (1984)
• Jackson, G. B. and Dana L. Jemison, eds. The Dome: Complete Index, 1897-1900. San Francisco, Calif.: Quat'z'Arts Press, 2007.