"Keynotes and discords: John Lane's ""Keynotes Series"", 1893-1897"

"Between 1893 and 1897, John Lane published thirty-three works--fourteen novels and nineteen short story collections--under the collective title ""The Keynotes Series."" The series began with its namesake, George Egerton's avant-garde Keynotes, in December 1893. Drawings for the cover, the title page, and a key-shaped emblem were all done by Aubrey Beardsley, and the book was priced at a low three shillings six pence. When Keynotes met with rapid success, Lane capitalized on it by issuing several more works with similarly up-to-date themes, artistic covers and formats, and low prices. The Wilde trials in mid-1895 forced Lane to make visible changes in his business generally. Subsequently, the thematic content of the Keynotes Series received greater editorial attention, and the artistic content suffered with the separation of Beardsley from the firm. Though the series continued through 1896 and even lingered into 1897, the public and critical acceptance of its offerings deteriorated noticeably. The series finally died out in early 1897, ties to it having become a disadvantage for an author."

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

English

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Noe, Mark Dexter

Contributors dc:contributor

• Kramer, Dale

• Literature, English

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1992 Noe, Mark Dexter

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9305637
(UMI)AAI9305637

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/20635