Введение
Литературный журнал News from the Republic of Letters – третье совместное издание Сола Беллоу и Кита Ботсфорда после Noble Savage и ANON. Журнал, изначально базировавшийся в Бостоне, а затем издававшийся из дома редактора в Коста-Рике, публикует новые и недавно обнаруженные произведения американских и зарубежных авторов. Журнал выходит дважды в год с разными интервалами; подписчики могут приобретать отдельные номера или подписку на четыре выпуска. Впервые он был опубликован в 1997 году на газетной бумаге, выпуски с 2003 по 2008 год выходили в твердом переплете. С публикацией № 19 лондонским издательством Sylph Editions журнал вернулся к формату широких листов. Содержание TRoL можно разделить на несколько категорий. ТЕКСТЫ – произведения художественной и нехудожественной литературы различного объема, написанные на английском языке или переведенные на него с любого языка. ЖИЗНИ – мемуары, переписка, биографии и автобиографии. АРИИ – уникальная категория, включающая личные заявления и короткие эссе без тематических ограничений. МУЗЫКА, ИСКУССТВО, КНИГИ – содержат вдумчивые работы по различным аспектам искусства. Работы из АРХИВА отбираются редактором для знакомства читателей с незаслуженно менее известными писателями прошлых поколений. ПОЭЗИЯ включает как оригинальные стихи, так и переводы. Обзоры и критические эссе публикуются в разделе «НОВАЯ ПРОЗА» и в колонке «ЗАМЕТКИ П. Б.», написанной г-ном Ботсфордом в духе философа Просвещения и писателя Пьера Бейля. В 1684 году Бейль начал издавать свои «Nouvelles de la république des lettres», от названия которых и произошло название TRoL. Еще одной уникальной особенностью является включение в выпуски на газетной бумаге брошюр в французском стиле, которые читатели вырывали, складывали и вырезали, превращая их в небольшие буклеты. «Salido» Луи Гийю появляется в такой форме в № 2, как и «О, брат!» г-на Ботсфорда в № 3. TRoL отличается своим международным характером и публикацией как известных, так и неизвестных авторов. Название журнала отсылает к сети литературной и политической переписки, объединявшей выдающихся мыслителей Европы в эпоху Просвещения: Республика Письменностей имеет очень древнее происхождение. Она охватывает весь мир и состоит из представителей всех национальностей, социальных классов, возрастов и полов. Искусство связано с литературой, и ремесленники также занимают в ней свое место; однако ее религия не является единой, а нравы (как и во всех республиках) представляют собой смесь добра и зла. Здесь можно найти и благочестие, и распущенность. Признание и почести присуждаются по общественному мнению. (М. де Виньёль Марвиль, 1699)
News from the Republic of Letters is the third magazine collaboration between Saul Bellow and Keith Botsford, following Noble Savage and ANON. The journal, originally based in Boston and later operated from the editor's home in Costa Rica, publishes new and newly discovered writings from American and international writers. The magazine appears twice a year at widely varying intervals; subscribers purchase one issue at a time or a subscription for four issues. It first appeared in 1997 in newsprint; issues between 2003 and 2008 were published in bound edition; with the publication of No. 19 by the London based publisher Sylph Editions, the journal has returned to broadsheet format. The contents of TRoL fall into several categories. TEXTS are Works of fiction or non fiction, of varying length, written in English or translated into English from any language. LIVES are memoirs, correspondence, biography and autobiography. ARIAS, a unique category, are personal statements and brief essays without restriction of subject. MUSIC, ART, BOOKS comprise intelligent work on any aspect of the arts. Works in the ARCHIVES are selected by the Editor to introduce readers to undeservedly lesser known writers from previous generations. POETRY includes both original verse and work from translation. Reviews and critical essays appear under NEW FICTION and as a part of P. B. 's NOTEBOOK, a column written by Mr. Botsford in the spirit of Enlightenment philosopher and writer Pierre Bayle. In 1684 Bayle began the publication of his Nouvelles de la république des lettres, after which TRoL takes its name. Another unique feature has been the inclusion in newsprint issues of French style pamphlets, which readers tear from the other pages and fold and cut themselves into small booklets. "Salido" by Louis Guilloux appears in this form in No.2, as does "O Brother!" by Mr. Botsford in No.3. TRoL is distinguished by its international character and the publication of unknown authors alongside those already accomplished. The name of the magazine references the network of literary and political correspondence which united prominent thinkers across Europe during the Enlightenment:
The Republic of Letters is of very ancient origin It embraces the whole world and is composed of all nationalities, all social classes, all ages and both sexes All languages, ancient as well as modern, are spoken. The arts are joined to letters, and artisans have their place in it; but its religion is not uniform, and its manners (as in all republics) are a mixture of good and bad. Piety and licentiousness are both to be found Praise and honor are awarded by popular acclaim. (M. de Vigneul Marville, 1699)
In a 1999 interview with The New York Times Mr. Bellow explained his motivation for the magazine:
One early reader wrote that our paper, "with its contents so fresh, person to person", was "real, non synthetic, undistracting." Noting that there were no ads, she asked, "Is it possible, can it last?" and called it "an antidote to the shrinking of the human being in every one of us." And toward the end of her letter our correspondent added, "It behooves the elder generation to come up with reminders of who we used to be and need to be." This is what Keith Botsford and I had hoped that our "tabloid for literates" would be. And for two years it has been just that. We are a pair of utopian codgers who feel we have a duty to literature.,
В интервью газете The New York Times в 1999 году г-н Беллоу объяснил свою мотивацию для создания журнала:
Один из первых читателей написал, что наша газета «с таким свежим, личным содержанием» была «настоящей, не синтетической, не отвлекающей». Отметив отсутствие рекламы, она спросила: «Возможно ли это, сможет ли она просуществовать?» и назвала ее «противоядием от умаления человеческого в каждом из нас». И в конце своего письма наша корреспондентка добавила: «Старшему поколению следует напоминать о том, кем мы были и кем должны быть». Именно этого мы с Китом Ботсфордом и надеялись добиться нашим «таблоидом для образованных людей». И вот уже два года это так и есть. Мы – пара утопических чудаков, которые чувствуют свою обязанность перед литературой.
News from the Republic of Letters is the third magazine collaboration between Saul Bellow and Keith Botsford, following Noble Savage and ANON. The journal, originally based in Boston and later operated from the editor's home in Costa Rica, publishes new and newly discovered writings from American and international writers. The magazine appears twice a year at widely varying intervals; subscribers purchase one issue at a time or a subscription for four issues. It first appeared in 1997 in newsprint; issues between 2003 and 2008 were published in bound edition; with the publication of No. 19 by the London based publisher Sylph Editions, the journal has returned to broadsheet format. The contents of TRoL fall into several categories. TEXTS are Works of fiction or non fiction, of varying length, written in English or translated into English from any language. LIVES are memoirs, correspondence, biography and autobiography. ARIAS, a unique category, are personal statements and brief essays without restriction of subject. MUSIC, ART, BOOKS comprise intelligent work on any aspect of the arts. Works in the ARCHIVES are selected by the Editor to introduce readers to undeservedly lesser known writers from previous generations. POETRY includes both original verse and work from translation. Reviews and critical essays appear under NEW FICTION and as a part of P. B. 's NOTEBOOK, a column written by Mr. Botsford in the spirit of Enlightenment philosopher and writer Pierre Bayle. In 1684 Bayle began the publication of his Nouvelles de la république des lettres, after which TRoL takes its name. Another unique feature has been the inclusion in newsprint issues of French style pamphlets, which readers tear from the other pages and fold and cut themselves into small booklets. "Salido" by Louis Guilloux appears in this form in No.2, as does "O Brother!" by Mr. Botsford in No.3. TRoL is distinguished by its international character and the publication of unknown authors alongside those already accomplished. The name of the magazine references the network of literary and political correspondence which united prominent thinkers across Europe during the Enlightenment:
The Republic of Letters is of very ancient origin It embraces the whole world and is composed of all nationalities, all social classes, all ages and both sexes All languages, ancient as well as modern, are spoken. The arts are joined to letters, and artisans have their place in it; but its religion is not uniform, and its manners (as in all republics) are a mixture of good and bad. Piety and licentiousness are both to be found Praise and honor are awarded by popular acclaim. (M. de Vigneul Marville, 1699)
In a 1999 interview with The New York Times Mr. Bellow explained his motivation for the magazine:
One early reader wrote that our paper, "with its contents so fresh, person to person", was "real, non synthetic, undistracting." Noting that there were no ads, she asked, "Is it possible, can it last?" and called it "an antidote to the shrinking of the human being in every one of us." And toward the end of her letter our correspondent added, "It behooves the elder generation to come up with reminders of who we used to be and need to be." This is what Keith Botsford and I had hoped that our "tabloid for literates" would be. And for two years it has been just that. We are a pair of utopian codgers who feel we have a duty to literature.,
Сотрудники
Ряд авторов и редакторов в разное время работали в штате журнала или были его внештатными редакторами, среди них Джеймс Вуд, Сассан Табатабаи, Крис Уолш, Закари Бос, Лакис Прогуидис и Франческо Форлани.