| The Times Literary Supplement | |
|---|---|
| Editor | Peter Stothard |
| Categories | literature, current affairs |
| Frequency | 50 per year |
| Publisher | News International |
| First issue | 1902 |
| Country |  United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Website | the-tls.co.uk |
The Times Literary Supplement (or TLS, on the front page from 1969) is a weekly literary review published in London by News International, a subsidiary of News Corporation. Literature is the Art of written works Literally translated the word means "acquaintance with letters" (from Latin littera letter Current affairs is a Genre of Broadcast journalism where the emphasis is on detailed analysis and discussion of News stories that have recently occurred News International Ltd is a British newspaper publisher owned by Rupert Murdoch 's News Corporation. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. News International Ltd is a British newspaper publisher owned by Rupert Murdoch 's News Corporation. News Corporation (often abbreviated to News Corp) (,,) is one of the world's largest media conglomerate companies by Market capitalisation
It first appeared in 1902 as a supplement to The Times, but became a separate publication in 1914. The Times is a daily national Newspaper published in the United Kingdom since 1785 when it was known as The Daily Universal Register. Many distinguished writers have been contributors, including T. S. Eliot, Henry James, and Virginia Woolf, but reviews were normally anonymous until 1974, during which year signed reviews were gradually introduced. Thomas Stearns Eliot, OM (September 26 1888 – January 4 1965 was a poet Dramatist, and Literary critic. Henry James, OM ( –) son of theologian Henry James Sr, brother of the philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James (Adeline Virginia Woolf (née Stephen; 25 January 1882 – 28 March 1941 was an English Novelist and Essayist, regarded as one of the foremost Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Martin Amis was a member of the editorial staff early in his career. Martin Louis Amis (born 25 August 1949 is an English Novelist, Essayist and Short story Writer, the son of writer Kingsley Philip Larkin's poem Aubade, effectively his final poetic work, was first published in the Christmas-week issue of the TLS in 1977. Philip Arthur Larkin, CH, CBE, FRSL (9 August 1922 – 2 December 1985 was an English Poet, Novelist and Jazz Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays While it has long been regarded as one of the world's pre-eminent critical publications, its history is not without gaffes. For instance, the publication missed James Joyce entirely. James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 &ndash 13 January 1941 was an Irish expatriate writer widely considered to be one of the most influential writers of the
The TLS cooperates closely with The Times; its online version is hosted on The Times website and its editorial offices are based in the Times House, Pennington Street, London. The current editor is Peter Stothard, a former editor of The Times itself. Sir Peter Stothard (born 28 February 1951) is a British Newspaper editor, currently for the Times Literary Supplement He succeeded Ferdinand Mount in 2003. Sir William Robert Ferdinand Mount 3rd Baronet (born 2 July 1939) known simply as Ferdinand Mount, is a British writer and novelist Columnist
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The TLS in literature
The central place - for better or worse - of the TLS in modern Anglophone literary culture has led to it appearing in works of fiction. One of the most backhanded such mentions appears in the English translation of Samuel Beckett's novel Molloy (1953), in which Molloy relates that:
- . Samuel Barclay Beckett (13 April 1906 – 22 December 1989 was an Irish Writer, Dramatist and poet . . in winter, under my greatcoat, I wrapped myself in swathes of newspaper, and did not shed them until the earth awoke, for good, in April. The Times Literary Supplement was admirably adapted to this purpose, of a neverfailing toughness and impermeability. Even farts made no impression on it. Fart is an English language Vulgarism most commonly used in reference to Flatulence.
Editors
- James Thursfield 1902
- Bruce Richmond 1905
- D. Sir James Richard Thursfield ( 16 November 1840 &ndash 22 November 1923) was a British naval historian and journalist L. Murray 1938
- Stanley Morison 1945
- Alan Pryce-Jones 1948
- Arthur Crook 1959
- John Gross 1974
- Jeremy Treglown 1981
- Ferdinand Mount 1991
- Peter Stothard 2003
Further reading
- Derwent May Critical Times: The History of the "Times Literary Supplement", 2001, Harper Collins, ISBN-10 0007114494 - The official history
See also
External links
Stanley Morison ( 6 May 1889 &ndash 11 October 1967) was an English Typographer, designer and historian of printing John Gross (born 1935 is an eminent English literary critic author and anthologist Sir William Robert Ferdinand Mount 3rd Baronet (born 2 July 1939) known simply as Ferdinand Mount, is a British writer and novelist Columnist Sir Peter Stothard (born 28 February 1951) is a British Newspaper editor, currently for the Times Literary Supplement The New York Review of Books (or NYREV or NYRB) is a semimonthly Magazine on Literature, Culture, and current The London Review of Books (or LRB) is a Fortnightly British literary and political magazineDapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic