Coteri

Overview

Coterie was an important element into reestablishing the artistic scene and post-war literary culture of England. Like many other modernist journals, Coterie's publishing life was short-lived, only releasing seven issues before it was renamed under the editorship of Russel Green. While it was in print the magazine emphasized modernist poetry but also published fiction, criticism, and art.

The original editor of the magazine, Chaman Lall,  was still an Oxford University student of law when he founded the magazine with Russell Green. Green ultimately replaced him as editor for last issue of the magazine and became the chief editor of its successor, New Coterie. The magazine had a great transatlantic influence, with contributors such as the American poet Conrad Aiken. Coterie published such writers as T. S. Eliot, Aldous Huxley, Amy Lowell, Richard Aldington, H. D., and Douglas Goldring. The magazine also included the visual work of artists like Edward Wadsworth, William Roberts,  Nina Hamnett, and Moise Kisling.