Making No Compromise: Margaret Anderson, Jane Heap, and the "Little Review"

**__Making No Compromise__** **is the first book-length account of the lives and editorial careers of Margaret Anderson and Jane Heap, the women who founded the avant-garde journal** **__The Little Review__** **in Chicago in 1914.** Born in the nineteenth-century Midwest, Anderson and Heap grew up to be iconoclastic rebels, lived openly as lesbians, and advocated causes from anarchy to feminism and free love. Their lives and work shattered cultural, social, and sexual norms. As their paths crisscrossed Chicago, New York, and Paris and Europe, two World Wars, and a parade of the most celebrated artists of their time, they managed to transform themselves and their journal into a major force for shifting perspectives on literature and art. Imagism, Dada, surrealism, and Machine Age Aesthetics were among the radical trends The Little Review promoted and introduced to American audiences. Anderson and Heap published the early work of the "__Men of 1914__" —Pound, Joyce, Yeats and Eliot—and promoted women writers such as Djuna Barnes, May Sinclair, Dorothy Richardson, Mina Loy, Mary Butts, and the inimitable Baroness Elsa Freytag-von Loringhoven. In the mid-1920s Anderson and Heap became adherents of George I. Gurdjieff, a Russian mystic, and ceased publication of __The Little Review__ in 1929. Holly Baggett examines the role of radical politics, sexuality, modernism, and spirituality, and suggests that Anderson's and Heap's interest in esoteric questions was evident from the early days of the __Little Review__. __Making No Compromise__ tells the story of two women who played an important role in modernism.

Making No Compromise is thefirst book-length account of the lives and editorial careers ofMargaret Anderson and Jane Heap, the women who founded theavant-garde journal the Little Review in Chicago in1914.

Born in the nineteenth-century Midwest, Anderson and Heap grewup to be iconoclastic rebels, living openly as lesbians, andadvocating causes from anarchy to feminism and free love. Theirlives and work shattered cultural, social, and sexual norms. Astheir paths crisscrossed Chicago, New York, Paris, and Europe; twoWorld Wars; and a parade of the most celebrated artists of theirtime, they transformed themselves and their journal into majorforces for shifting perspectives on literature and art.

Imagism, Dada, surrealism, and Machine Age aesthetics were amongthe radical trends the Little Review promoted and introduced to USaudiences. Anderson and Heap published the early work of the "menof 1914"-Ezra Pound, James Joyce, William Butler Yeats, and T. S.Eliot-and promoted women writers such as Djuna Barnes, MaySinclair, Dorothy Richardson, Mina Loy, Mary Butts, and theinimitable Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven. In the mid-1920sAnderson and Heap became adherents of George I. Gurdjieff, aRussian mystic, and in 1929 ceased publication of the LittleReview.

Holly A. Baggett examines the roles of radical politics,sexuality, modernism, and spirituality and suggests that Andersonand Heap's interest in esoteric questions was evident from theearly days of the Little Review. Making No Compromisetells the story of two women who played an important role inshaping modernism.

Making No Compromise is the first book-length account of the lives and editorial careers of Margaret Anderson and Jane Heap, the women who founded the avant-garde journal the Little Review in Chicago in 1914. Born in the nineteenth-century Midwest, Anderson and Heap grew up to be iconoclastic rebels, living openly as lesbians, and advocating causes from anarchy to feminism and free love. Their lives and work shattered cultural, social, and sexual norms. As their paths crisscrossed Chicago, New York, Paris, and Europe; two World Wars; and a parade of the most celebrated artists of their time, they transformed themselves and their journal into major forces for shifting perspectives on literature and art. Imagism, Dada, surrealism, and Machine Age aesthetics were among the radical trends the Little Review promoted and introduced to US audiences. Anderson and Heap published the early work of the "men of 1914"—Ezra Pound, James Joyce, William Butler Yeats, and T. S. Eliot—and promoted women writers such as Djuna Barnes, May Sinclair, Dorothy Richardson, Mina Loy, Mary Butts, and the inimitable Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven. In the mid-1920s Anderson and Heap became adherents of George I. Gurdjieff, a Russian mystic, and in 1929 ceased publication of the Little Review. Holly A. Baggett examines the roles of radical politics, sexuality, modernism, and spirituality and suggests that Anderson and Heap's interest in esoteric questions was evident from the early days of the Little Review. Making No Compromise tells the story of two women who played an important role in shaping modernism. Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Buzz and the Sting 2. Temples of Tomorrow: Anderson and the Little Review, 1914–1916 3. Political and Literary Radicals 4. Interregnum: Chicago, San Francisco, New York 5. Pound, Yeats, Eliot, and Joyce 6. Lesbian Literature, Women Writers, and Modernist Mysticism 7. George Ivanovich Gurdjieff: A Messenger Between Two Worlds 8. The Heap Era Epilogue: Post–Little Review Years Notes Bibliography Index