Savoy (periodical)

This article is about the former British magazine, for other uses, see Savoy (disambiguation) The Savoy was a magazine of literature, art, and criticism published in 1896 in London. It is considered a little magazine, and was described as "a manifesto in revolt against Victorian materialism".

History
The publisher was Leonard Smithers, a controversial friend of Oscar Wilde who was also known as a pornographer. Among other publications by Smithers were rare erotic works and unique items such as books bound in human skin.

The magazine was founded by Leonard Smithers, writer Arthur Symons (The Symbolist Movement In Literature), and artist Aubrey Beardsley. The name Savoy, was borrowed from the then-new London hotel, to suggest modernity and opulence.

In an editorial note in the first issue, Symons attempted to distance the magazine from the Decadent movement and Oscar Wilde by writing, "We are not Realists, or Romanticists, or Decadents" in his editorial note in the first issue. However, he went on to write, "For us, all art is good which is good art," which is very similar to the Decadent creed of "art for art's sake."

The magazine featured work by authors such as W.B. Yeats, Max Beerbohm, Joseph Conrad, and Aubrey Beardsley. Only eight issues were published.