BLAST No. 2 (July, 1915)
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Title: BLAST
Subtitle: Review of the Great English Vortex
Issue: No. 2
Date: July, 1915

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Previous issue: No. 1

'Table of contents', p. 3
'Designs', p. 4
Wyndham Lewis, 'Editorial', pp. 5 - 6
        "         , 'Notice to Public', p. 7
Helen Saunders, 'Island of Laputa', illustration, p. 8
Wyndham Lewis, 'The God of Sport and Blood', prose, pp. 9 - 10
        "         , 'Constantinople Our Star', prose, p. 11
        "         , 'Mr Shaw's Effect on my Friend', prose, p. 12
        "         , 'A Super-Krupp – or War's End', prose, pp. 13 - 14
        "         , 'The European War and Great Communities', prose, pp. 15 - 16
Frederick Etchells, 'Hyde Park', illustration, p. 17
Ezra Pound, 'Dogmatic Statement on the Game and Play of Chess', prose, p. 19
        "         , 'The Social Order', poem, p. 20
        "         , 'Ancient Music', poem, p. 20
        "         , 'Gnomic Verses', poem, p. 21
        "         , 'Our Contemporaries', poem, p. 21
        "         , 'Our Respectful Homages to M. Laurent Tailhade', poem, p. 21
        "         , 'Ancient Music, rather cosmic', poem, p. 22
        "         , 'Et Faim Sallir le Loup des Boys', poem, p. 22
Wyndham Lewis, 'Artists and the War', prose, pp. 23 - 24
        "         , 'The Exploitation of Blood', prose, p. 24
        "         , 'The Six Hundred, Verestchagin and Uccello', prose, pp. 25 - 26
        "         , 'Marinetti's Occupation', prose, p. 26
Jessica Dismorr, 'The Engine', illustration, p. 27
        "         , 'Design', illustration, p. 29
Jacob Kramer, 'Types of the Russian Army', illustration, p. 31
Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, 'Vortex Gaudier-Brzeska (Written from the Trenches)', prose, pp. 33 - 34
Dorothy Shakespeare, 'Snow Scene', illustration, p. 35
Ford Madox Hueffer, 'The Old Houses of Flanders', poem, p. 37
Wyndham Lewis, 'Review of Contemporary Art', prose, pp. 38 - 47
Thomas Stearns Eliot, 'Preludes', poem, pp. 48 - 49
        "         , 'Rhapsody of a Windy Night', poem, pp. 50 - 51
Frederick Etchells, 'Progression', illustration, p. 53
William Roberts, 'Combat', illustration, p. 55
Helen Saunders, 'Atlantic City', illustration, p. 57
Edward Wadsworth, 'Rotterdam', illustration, p. 59
        "         , 'War-Engine', illustration, p. 61
Wyndham Lewis, 'Design for "Red Duet"', illustration, p. 63
Jessica Dismorr, 'Monologue', prose, p. 65
        "         , 'London Notes', prose, p. 66
        "         , 'June Night', prose, pp. 67 - 68
        "         , 'Promenade', prose, p. 69
        "         , 'Payment', prose, p. 69
        "         , 'Matilda', prose, p. 69
Wyndham Lewis, 'The Art of the Great Race', prose, pp. 70 - 72
Helen Saunders, 'A Vision of Mud', prose, pp. 73 - 74
Wyndham Lewis, 'Design for Programme Cover – Kermesse', illustration, p. 75
        "         , 'The London Group', prose, pp. 77 - 79
        "         , 'Modern Caricature and Impressionism', prose, p. 79
        "         , 'History of the Largest Independent Society in England', prose, pp. 80 - 81
        "         , 'Life has no Taste', prose, p. 82
        "         , 'American Art', prose, p. 82
Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, 'Head of Ez[r]a Pound', photograph, p. 84
Ezra Pound, 'Chronicles', prose, pp. 85 - 86
William Roberts, 'Drawing', illustration, p. 87
C. R. W. Nevinson, 'On the way to the Trenches', illustration, p. 89
Wyndham Lewis, 'Wyndham Lewis Vortex No. 1. Art Vortex. Be Thyself', prose, p. 91
        "         , 'Blast [and] Bless', prose, pp. 92 - 93
        "         , 'The Crowd-Master. 1914. London, July', prose fiction, pp. 94 - 102