The Yellow Book

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The Yellow Book was a late 19th-century British literary and artistic periodical famed for its decadent, avant-garde aesthetic and association with the Aesthetic and Decadent movements.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
The Yellow Book canonical 9
The Yellow Book (illustrations) 1
yellow book 1

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Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British magazine ⓘ
art magazine ⓘ
literary periodical ⓘ
artEditor Aubrey Beardsley ⓘ
artMovement Aestheticism ⓘ
Decadence ⓘ
associatedEvent Oscar Wilde trials ⓘ
associatedWith London literary scene ⓘ
avant-garde art ⓘ
fin de siècle culture ⓘ
contentType art reproductions ⓘ
essays ⓘ
literary criticism ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
short fiction ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
coverColor yellow ⓘ
editor Henry Harland ⓘ
finalIssuePublicationDate April 1897 ⓘ
firstIssuePublicationDate April 1894 ⓘ
format book-like quarterly volume ⓘ
influenced early 20th-century avant-garde periodicals ⓘ
modernist little magazines ⓘ
knownFor controversial illustrations ⓘ
decadent aesthetic ⓘ
innovative book design ⓘ
separation of text and illustration ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement Aesthetic movement ⓘ
Decadent movement ⓘ
linked to: Decadentism
mediaType print ⓘ
notableContributor Arnold Bennett ⓘ
Arthur Symons ⓘ
Aubrey Beardsley ⓘ
Charles Conder ⓘ
Charlotte Mew ⓘ
Ella D'Arcy ⓘ
George Bernard Shaw ⓘ
George Gissing ⓘ
H. G. Wells ⓘ
Henry James ⓘ
John Davidson ⓘ
John Singer Sargent ⓘ
Kenneth Grahame ⓘ
Max Beerbohm ⓘ
Richard Le Gallienne ⓘ
W. B. Yeats ⓘ
linked to: W.B. Yeats

Walter Sickert ⓘ
numberOfVolumes 13 ⓘ
placeOfPublication London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
publicationEndYear 1897 ⓘ
publicationFrequency quarterly ⓘ
publicationStartYear 1894 ⓘ
publisher Elkin Mathews ⓘ
John Lane ⓘ
reputation decadent ⓘ
scandalous ⓘ
targetAudience educated middle-class readers ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aestheticism → associatedWork → The Yellow Book ⓘ
Aubrey Beardsley → notableWork → The Yellow Book (illustrations) ⓘ
linked to: The Yellow Book
Aubrey Beardsley → employer → The Yellow Book ⓘ
Lord Henry Wotton → influencesThrough → yellow book ⓘ
linked to: The Yellow Book
Lionel Johnson → wroteInPeriodical → The Yellow Book ⓘ
Henry Harland → employer → The Yellow Book ⓘ
Henry Harland → associatedWith → The Yellow Book ⓘ
Ella D'Arcy → associatedWith → The Yellow Book ⓘ
Ella D'Arcy → wroteFor → The Yellow Book ⓘ
Richard Le Gallienne → employer → The Yellow Book ⓘ
British Art Nouveau → notableInstitution → The Yellow Book ⓘ