ABSTRACT
James Joyce's contemporaries considered Ezra Pound to be the apotheosis of theories of the new novel as his works were serializing in The Egoist and The Little Review. Much of that esteem was due to Ezra Pound's influence in advancing Imagist and Vorticist aesthetics while he held editorial positions on the two magazines. The psychological theories of Henri Bergson are a well-known example used by literary types to advocate a scientifically grounded understanding of human individuality that is both free and stable. However, magazine contributors drew upon a much wider variety of scientific disciplines to make sense of modern culture. By the time Ulysses began serializing in The Little Review of March 1918, it emerged in conversation with a slew of critics and novelists seeking the ultimate combination of realism and abstraction. In avant-garde culture, the need for literary form to mirror its content was paramount in developing works that were long lasting and autonomous.
