''The Dome'', subtitled consecutively "A Quarterly Containing Examples of All the Arts" and "An Illustrated Monthly Magazine and Review", was a literary periodical associated with the "Nineties" scene, edited by Ernest J. Oldmeadow, publisher and manager of The Unicorn Press based in London at 7

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. 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, according to

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'' (published 1884–97) and '' The Savoy'' (1896), ''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

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- a story "The Paralytic" (No. 4, 1898) *

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- woodcuts "The Annunciation", "A Saxon Prince on Horseback" (No. 2, 1897) *

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* Albert Dürer - an engraving "St. Hubert" (No. 2, 1897) *

- a piano solo Minuet (No. 2, 1897); a song '' Love alone will stay'' (No. 4, 1898) *

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– illustrations, including "Aided Cloinne Uisnigh" (The Violent Death of the Children of Uisnigh), 1897 *

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- a colour print "The Wave" (No. 4, 1898) *

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- a print "Fuji through Rain" (No. 4, 1898) *

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- stories "The Troubling of the Waters" (No. 2, 1897); "Little Saint Michael" (No. 4, 1898) *

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- a song "Aus Mirza Schaffy" (No. 2, 1897) *

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* Alice Meynell * G. B. Piranesi - drawings and etchings (No. 4, 1898) *

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- a painting "The Sea-Spell" (No. 2, 1897) *

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- a poem "The Desire of Man and of Woman" (No. 2, 1897)

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, Jeffrey B. and Dana L. Jemison, eds. ''The Dome: Complete Index, 1897-1900''. San Francisco, Calif.: Quat'z'Arts Press, 2007.

External links

''The Dome: A Quarterly Containing Examples of All the Arts''
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: searchable digital edition of series 1 (March 1897 - May 1898). PDFs of these five issues can be downloaded for free from the MJP website. *Jeffrey B. Jackson, Dana Jemison
A Complete Index to the Dome
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