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The Making of Modern Poetry in CanadaEssential Commentary on Poetry in English, Third edition |
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A collection of important literary documents that show how modernism developed in Canada.
The Making of Modern Poetry in Canada gathers together primary literary documents including manifestos, reviews, critical essays, and recollections to illustrate the most significant developments in the rise of modernist English Canadian poetry.
Rather than present exclusively academic criticism, the editors have carefully selected original texts by the principal figures of modernism to offer readers a behind-the-scenes look at twentieth-century poetry in Canada. Collecting several decades of writings by luminaries beginning with pivotal essays by John Sutherland and A.J.M. Smith, and including George Bowering, Northrop Frye, Irving Layton, P.K. Page, F.R. Scott, Raymond Souster, and William Carlos Williams, this volume also provides explanatory notes to guide the reader and to evaluate the significance of each piece in its literary and historical context.
This classic work of Canadian literary studies is now back in print with a substantial new introduction and appendices by Michael Gnarowski, who explains and interprets the essence of key initiatives in the unfolding of a modernist point of view. The Making of Modern Poetry in Canada offers a comprehensive chronological path from the earliest examples of Canadian modernism to the beginning of the postmodern period.
Rather than present exclusively academic criticism, the editors have carefully selected original texts by the principal figures of modernism to offer readers a behind-the-scenes look at twentieth-century poetry in Canada. Collecting several decades of writings by luminaries beginning with pivotal essays by John Sutherland and A.J.M. Smith, and including George Bowering, Northrop Frye, Irving Layton, P.K. Page, F.R. Scott, Raymond Souster, and William Carlos Williams, this volume also provides explanatory notes to guide the reader and to evaluate the significance of each piece in its literary and historical context.
This classic work of Canadian literary studies is now back in print with a substantial new introduction and appendices by Michael Gnarowski, who explains and interprets the essence of key initiatives in the unfolding of a modernist point of view. The Making of Modern Poetry in Canada offers a comprehensive chronological path from the earliest examples of Canadian modernism to the beginning of the postmodern period.
Details
384 Pages, 5.5 x 8.5
11 B&W photos
ISBN 9780773549593
April 2017
Formats: Paperback, eBook
Louis Dudek (1918-2001) was a noted poet, publisher, and literary critic, whose career was spent at McGill University from which he retired as Greenshields Professor in the Department of English.
Michael Gnarowski is professor emeritus of English at Carleton University, was general editor of the Carleton Library Series, and founding vice-president of Carleton University Press.
Michael Gnarowski is professor emeritus of English at Carleton University, was general editor of the Carleton Library Series, and founding vice-president of Carleton University Press.
Contents
Michael Gnarowski: Editor’s Note xi
Collett Tracey: Foreword to the Third Edition xiii
Michael Gnarowski: Introduction: Being a Personal essai
in the Unwritten History of Modern Canadian Poetry xv
Illustrations xxxiii
Preface xliii
Preface to the Second Edition xliv
I THE BEGINNINGS OF THE MODERN SCHOOL
The Precursors (1910-1925)
Introduction 3
Arthur Stringer: Preface to Open Water 5
John Murray Gibbon: Rhymes With and Without Reason 9
Frank Oliver Call: Preface to Acanthus and Wild Grape 21
The Initiators (1925-1936)
Introduction 24
A.J.M. Smith: Contemporary Poetry 27
A.J.M. Smith: Wanted: Canadian Criticism 31
Leo Kennedy: The Future of Canadian Literature 34
F.R. Scott: Preface to New Provinces 38
A.J.M. Smith: A Rejected Preface 38
II THE NEW POETRY: A MANIFESTO
Introduction 45
John Sutherland: Introduction to Other Canadians 47
III THE EARLY FORTIES
The New Literary Scene
Introduction 65
John Sutherland: Brief to a Royal Commission 66
Robert Weaver: John Sutherland and Northern Review 80
New Critical Currents
Introduction 84
Northrop Frye: Canada and Its Poetry 86
F.R. Scott: A Note on Canadian War Poetry 97
Neufville Shaw: The Maple Leaf is Dying 101
Louis Dudek: Academic Literature 104
John Sutherland: Review of Poems by Robert Finch 107
Editorial Board of Northern Review: Notices
of Resignation 109
P.K. Page: Letter to Northern Review 110
IV SIGNS OF REACTION, NEW AND OLD
Introduction 113
John Sutherland: The Past Decade in Canadian Poetry 116
Lorne Pierce: Foreword to Canadian Poetry in English 122
V.B. Rhodenizer: Introduction to Canadian Poetry in
English 124
V RESURGENCE
Introduction 141
Louis Dudek: Où sont les jeunes? 142
Louis Dudek: Preface to Cerberus 144
Irving Layton: Preface to Cerberus 145
Raymond Souster: Preface to Cerberus 146
Earle Birney: Letter of Resignation 147
Robert A. Currie: Don’t Blame This on Bliss 149
VI POINTS OF VIEW
Introduction 155
Earle Birney: Introduction to Twentieth Century Canadian
Poetry 157
Desmond Pacey: English-Canadian Poetry, 1944-1954 160
Louis Dudek: The State of Canadian Poetry: 1954 169
Irving Layton: Foreword to A Red Carpet for the Sun 175
Northrop Frye: The Keys to Dreamland 178
Northrop Frye: Verticals of Adam 188
James Reaney: Editorial 197
Eli Mandel: Preface to Poetry 62 199
VII THE LITTLE MAGAZINES
Introduction 203
Louis Dudek: The Role of Little Magazines in Canada 205
Michael Gnarowski: The Role of “Little Magazines”
in the Development of Poetry in English in Montreal 212
Frank Davey: Anything But Reluctant: Canada’s Little
Magazines 222
VIII WIDER HORIZONS
Poetry Finds a Public
Introduction 231
William Carlos Williams: A Note on Layton 233
Joan Finnigan: Canadian Poetry Finds Its Voice
in a Golden Age 235
Anonymous: The Private World of Raymond Souster 241
Anonymous: The Purdy Pigment 243
Robert Fulford: On Raymond Souster 245
Relations with French Writing in Canada
Introduction 247
A.J.M. Smith: From the Introduction to The Oxford Book
of Canadian Verse 250
Jean-Charles Bonenfant: L’influence de la littérature
canadienne-anglaise au Canada français 256
F.R. Scott: The Poet in Quebec Today 265
Modern Poetry Across Canada
Introduction 270
Louis Dudek: Patterns of Recent Canadian Poetry 271
George Woodcock: Editorial 286
Milton Acorn: Open Letter to a Demi-Senior Poet 287
Alan Bevan: Editorial 289
Milton Acorn: The Montreal Miracle and K.V. Hertz 292
George Bowering: The Most Remarkable Thing
About Tish 293
Frank Davey: Statement 294
Frank Davey: Rime, A Scholarly Piece 295
Raymond Souster: Preface to New Wave Canada 300
Acknowledgments 303
APPENDICES
1 A.J.M. Smith’s “The Rejected Preface” 307
2 Other Canadians: An Anthology of the New Poetry in Canada
1940-1946 [1947] 314
3 Wider Horizons: Poetry Finds a Public 318
Index 321
Michael Gnarowski: Editor’s Note xi
Collett Tracey: Foreword to the Third Edition xiii
Michael Gnarowski: Introduction: Being a Personal essai
in the Unwritten History of Modern Canadian Poetry xv
Illustrations xxxiii
Preface xliii
Preface to the Second Edition xliv
I THE BEGINNINGS OF THE MODERN SCHOOL
The Precursors (1910-1925)
Introduction 3
Arthur Stringer: Preface to Open Water 5
John Murray Gibbon: Rhymes With and Without Reason 9
Frank Oliver Call: Preface to Acanthus and Wild Grape 21
The Initiators (1925-1936)
Introduction 24
A.J.M. Smith: Contemporary Poetry 27
A.J.M. Smith: Wanted: Canadian Criticism 31
Leo Kennedy: The Future of Canadian Literature 34
F.R. Scott: Preface to New Provinces 38
A.J.M. Smith: A Rejected Preface 38
II THE NEW POETRY: A MANIFESTO
Introduction 45
John Sutherland: Introduction to Other Canadians 47
III THE EARLY FORTIES
The New Literary Scene
Introduction 65
John Sutherland: Brief to a Royal Commission 66
Robert Weaver: John Sutherland and Northern Review 80
New Critical Currents
Introduction 84
Northrop Frye: Canada and Its Poetry 86
F.R. Scott: A Note on Canadian War Poetry 97
Neufville Shaw: The Maple Leaf is Dying 101
Louis Dudek: Academic Literature 104
John Sutherland: Review of Poems by Robert Finch 107
Editorial Board of Northern Review: Notices
of Resignation 109
P.K. Page: Letter to Northern Review 110
IV SIGNS OF REACTION, NEW AND OLD
Introduction 113
John Sutherland: The Past Decade in Canadian Poetry 116
Lorne Pierce: Foreword to Canadian Poetry in English 122
V.B. Rhodenizer: Introduction to Canadian Poetry in
English 124
V RESURGENCE
Introduction 141
Louis Dudek: Où sont les jeunes? 142
Louis Dudek: Preface to Cerberus 144
Irving Layton: Preface to Cerberus 145
Raymond Souster: Preface to Cerberus 146
Earle Birney: Letter of Resignation 147
Robert A. Currie: Don’t Blame This on Bliss 149
VI POINTS OF VIEW
Introduction 155
Earle Birney: Introduction to Twentieth Century Canadian
Poetry 157
Desmond Pacey: English-Canadian Poetry, 1944-1954 160
Louis Dudek: The State of Canadian Poetry: 1954 169
Irving Layton: Foreword to A Red Carpet for the Sun 175
Northrop Frye: The Keys to Dreamland 178
Northrop Frye: Verticals of Adam 188
James Reaney: Editorial 197
Eli Mandel: Preface to Poetry 62 199
VII THE LITTLE MAGAZINES
Introduction 203
Louis Dudek: The Role of Little Magazines in Canada 205
Michael Gnarowski: The Role of “Little Magazines”
in the Development of Poetry in English in Montreal 212
Frank Davey: Anything But Reluctant: Canada’s Little
Magazines 222
VIII WIDER HORIZONS
Poetry Finds a Public
Introduction 231
William Carlos Williams: A Note on Layton 233
Joan Finnigan: Canadian Poetry Finds Its Voice
in a Golden Age 235
Anonymous: The Private World of Raymond Souster 241
Anonymous: The Purdy Pigment 243
Robert Fulford: On Raymond Souster 245
Relations with French Writing in Canada
Introduction 247
A.J.M. Smith: From the Introduction to The Oxford Book
of Canadian Verse 250
Jean-Charles Bonenfant: L’influence de la littérature
canadienne-anglaise au Canada français 256
F.R. Scott: The Poet in Quebec Today 265
Modern Poetry Across Canada
Introduction 270
Louis Dudek: Patterns of Recent Canadian Poetry 271
George Woodcock: Editorial 286
Milton Acorn: Open Letter to a Demi-Senior Poet 287
Alan Bevan: Editorial 289
Milton Acorn: The Montreal Miracle and K.V. Hertz 292
George Bowering: The Most Remarkable Thing
About Tish 293
Frank Davey: Statement 294
Frank Davey: Rime, A Scholarly Piece 295
Raymond Souster: Preface to New Wave Canada 300
Acknowledgments 303
APPENDICES
1 A.J.M. Smith’s “The Rejected Preface” 307
2 Other Canadians: An Anthology of the New Poetry in Canada
1940-1946 [1947] 314
3 Wider Horizons: Poetry Finds a Public 318
Index 321
