The Dial 1922 - what made it so good?

What made The Dial such a flagship publication in 1920s New York? How was it transformed into one of the foremost journals of its time, with a breadth of highly influential and intellectual contributors probably never surpassed anywhere? Did it purport to be "modern"? How did its critics and authors see themselves? What was the influence of its new, rich, and pedantic editor, Scofield Thayer? What was its overriding ethos? What was the surrounding culture of that year, so significant in so many respects to the modernist movement and 20th century literary and artistic life? These pages try to give a glimpse of the life and milieu of this journal and some of its contributors in just the latter half of that year. Mouse over the pictures to see who they are. Click on any Dial contributor on the margins of this page for information, links, pictures, and more...
The Place The new premises in Greenwich Village, New York, 1919. Click the picture for a link and more information.	The Writers and Reviewers Most of the reviewers were also writers, and many are featured each side of this page. [This section to be updated later]	The Editors Scofield Thayer was determined to have excellence despite the rising costs of his publication.Click the Dial logo below for more information on Editorial Policy, notes, and links.
	The Art Works of some of the most significant artists of the twentieth century appeared, and were reviewed, on these pages that year. More information, links, pictures here, or click on the pictures left and right
The Artefacts Click the dial to see more "dials" - machines invented and patented in 1922.		The Prize The first Dial Award of $2000 was awarded in 1921 to Sherwood Anderson. The prize for 1922 went to T S Eliot. Click here for a list of prizewinners
The Music Click here for a sample of the music reviewed in the magazine The Verse The Dial published some of the most radical poetry of its time; some is quoted on the contributors' pages; for examples of the rest see the Contents page	The Rivals A number of the contributors also had their work published in American popular magazines such as Vanity Fair and Vogue, and in more controversial but influential ones such as The Little Review and The Masses. In England there was T S Eliot's Criterion and, later, Adelphi, where several of D H Lawrence's works first appeared. [This section to be updated later]
The Theatre [This section to be updated later]	The Reviews Click here to see the books reviewed in The Dial in July-December 1922.
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This website is submitted as a Modernist Scrapbook project for year 2, English Literary Modernism unit, BA English, Birkbeck College University of London. Victoria Kingham February 2003. Please also see synopsis attached here