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Cosmopolitan
Cosmopolitan (1886–), monthly magazine founded at Rochester, N.Y., as a conservative journal for family reading. It was moved to New York City (1887), and under the editorship of John B. Walker (1889–1905), who had such assistants as Howells and A.S. Hardy, it entered into competition with McClure's and Munsey's. Among its contributors were Clemens, Henry James, Kipling, and Conan Doyle. Articles on popular education led to the founding of Cosmopolitan University (1897), a correspondence school. After 1900, Cosmopolitan entered the muckraking movement, and later turned to featuring popular fiction and noncontroversial articles on the drama and notable personalities, a policy continued after its purchase by Hearst (1925). Beginning in 1965 a new editor, Helen Gurley Brown, employed sensational text and pictures to appeal to women who are career‐oriented and seeking personal freedom.
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James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Cosmopolitan." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Cosmopolitan." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-Cosmopolitan.html James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Cosmopolitan." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-Cosmopolitan.html |
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cosmopolitan
cos·mo·pol·i·tan / ˌkäzməˈpälitn/ • adj. familiar with and at ease in many different countries and cultures. ∎ including people from many different countries. ∎ having an exciting and glamorous character associated with travel and a mixture of cultures: their designs became a byword for cosmopolitan chic. ∎ (of a plant or animal) found all over the world. • n. 1. a cosmopolitan person. ∎ a cosmopolitan organism or species. 2. a cocktail typically made with vodka, Cointreau, cranberry juice, and lime juice. DERIVATIVES: cos·mo·pol·i·tan·ism / -ˌizəm/ n. cos·mo·pol·i·tan·ize / -ˌīz/ v. |
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"cosmopolitan." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "cosmopolitan." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-cosmopolitan.html "cosmopolitan." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-cosmopolitan.html |
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