[Vwoolf] questions about John Lehmann and Woolf

[Christine Froula]

My first thought, too, Tanya, and also reminiscent of Vorticism/Blast.

On 9/16/2020 5:05 AM, Tanya Turneaure via Vwoolf wrote:
> And my first thought is that the “powerhouse” quote has echoes of 
> futurism.
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> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On Sep 15, 2020, at 4:09 PM, Madelyn Detloff via Vwoolf 
>> <vwoolf at lists.osu.edu> wrote:
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>> My first thought about the pseudo American is someone like the 
>> American in-law or love interest in an Agatha Christie novel — crass, 
>> impolite, and uncultured, but somewhat pretty or handsome.
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>> My 2 cents....
>>
>> Madelyn Detloff
>> Professor and Chair, English
>> Professor, Global and Intercultural Studies
>> Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056
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>> Sent from my iPad. Please excuse automiscorrections.
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>>> On Sep 15, 2020, at 6:36 PM, 陈栩 via Vwoolf <vwoolf at lists.osu.edu> 
>>> wrote:
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>>> 
>>> Dear friends,
>>>    It is the first time that I have come here for help.
>>> I have some difficulty in understanding the red short quotations 
>>> that I am using in my writing as is attached below. I wonder if you 
>>> could help me clarify them? They are parts of Lehmann's journal 
>>> taken from page 84 in his biography /John Lehmann: A Pagan Adventure/:
>>>
>>> *Wanted: a new kind of journalism in London to drive the elderly 
>>> softnesses and condescensions of the */*New Statesman */*and 
>>> */*Spectator*/*off the stage, and usurp the **pretence-new of the 
>>> pseudo-American**;*
>>>
>>> *Wanted: a new kind of art to blow the spunkless complacencies of 
>>> Bloomsbury sky-high;*
>>>
>>> *Wanted: a new kind of writing that has really caught a spark from 
>>> the true machine of modern life, the machine **in the terrible 
>>> powerhouse just off the boulevard*
>>>
>>> The context is Lehmann's conflicts with the Woolfs which trigger his 
>>> departure from Hogarth in 1932 and also consolidate his 
>>> determination to launch a magazine which turns out to be/New 
>>> Writing/.  So my questions are
>>>
>>> 1. What does the "pretence-new of the pseudo-American" mean in the 
>>> first item? It seems most puzzling.
>>> 2. Do you think the powerhouse just off the boulevard might refer to 
>>> Hogarth Press or probably the Bloomsbury Group? I'm afraid it should 
>>> be a symbol here.
>>>  Thank you very much.
>>> All the best,
>>> Chen Xu
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