Moment (magazine)

Moment. Aesthetica, Philosophica, Polemica
description	German literary magazine
publishing company	Agis-Verlag, Krefeld (1955/6), Bläschke, Darmstadt (1958), Verlag Der moment, Siegen (1960/1)
First edition	1955
attitude	1961
Frequency of publication	quarterly
Sold edition	approx. 1000 copies
Editor-in-chief	Elisabeth Walther
editor	Max Bense
ISSN (print)	0519-4342

Moment. Aesthetica, Philosophica, Polemica was a German literary magazine published between 1955 and 1961 by Max Bense . The aim should be the publication of texts by young, left-wing and international authors.

At the moment there were articles u. a. from:

• Jean Genet
• Eugen Gomringer
• Ludwig Harig
• Helmut Heißenbüttel
• Henri Michaux
• Francis Ponge
• Raymond Queneau
• Arno Schmidt
• Gabriele Wohmann

From the second year onwards, the magazine had the subtitle “Magazine for Current Philosophy, Aesthetics and Polemics”. The magazine was published quarterly, with a supplement volume being published for each year:

• Year 1 (1955): Arno Schmidt: Kosmas or Vom Berge des Nordens
• Year 2 (1956): Max Bense: Descartes and the consequences
• Year 3 (1958): Francis Ponge: Introduction to the pebble with drawings by Hannelore Bendixen-Busse

The last two volumes were published with the subtitle “Zeitschrift für Tendenz und Experiment” by Verlag der Moment, Siegen. In 1961 the magazine was discontinued. The first 3 years are available as reprints.

literature

• Anja Ohmer (Ed.): Just a moment. Reprint. 3 vols. Weidler Buchverlag, Berlin 2005–2006.
  • Vol. 1: Year 1955. ISBN 3-89693-425-2
  • Vol. 2: Year 1956. ISBN 3-89693-426-0
  • Vol. 3: Year 1958. ISBN 3-89693-427-9

Web links

• Contents of all years (PDF; 93 kB)
• Interview with Elisabeth Walther ( Memento from April 3, 2008 in the Internet Archive ), literaturblatt; accessed November 2, 2018.