‘The Age of a Mistaken Nationalism’: Histoire Croisée , Cross-National Exchange, and an Anglo- French Network of Periodicals Author(s): Birgit Van Puymbroeck Reviewed work(s): Source: The Modern Language Review, Vol. 107, No. 3 (July 2012), pp. 681-698 Published by: Modern Humanities Research Association Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5699/modelangrevi.107.3.0681 . Accessed: 21/02/2013 09:13 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact
[email protected]. Modern Humanities Research Association is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to The Modern Language Review. http://www.jstor.org This content downloaded on Thu, 21 Feb 2013 09:13:45 AM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions JULY V. P ‘THE AGE OF A MISTAKEN NATIONALISM’: HISTOIRE CROISÉE, CROSS-NATIONAL EXCHANGE, AND AN ANGLO-FRENCH NETWORK OF PERIODICALS In an open letter to Ford Madox Ford’s Transatlantic Review, T. S. Eliot argued that ‘e more the contact, the more free exchange, there can be between the small number of intelligent people of every race and nation, the more likelihood of general contribution to what we call Literature.’ Both Ford and Eliot aimed to create a cross-national literary space in their respective magazines: the Transatlantic Review, published in Paris, London, and New York from January to December , and the Criterion, published in London from October to January .