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''New Provinces: Poems of Several Authors'' was an anthology of Canadian poetry published in the 1930s, anonymously edited by F. R. Scott assisted by Leo Kennedy and A. J. M. Smith. The first anthology of Canadian modernist poetry,〔Sandra Djwa, ("F. R. Scott" ), ''Canadian Poetry: Studies/Documents/Reviews'', No. 4 (Fall/Winter, 1979). Web, March 16, 2011.〕 it has been hailed as a "landmark anthology" 〔Keith Richardson, ("New provinces: poems of several authors (1936)" ), ''Encyclopedia of Literature''. JRank.org. Web, March 15, 2011.〕 and a "milestone selection of modernist Canadian verse".〔Michael Gnarowski, "("New Provinces: Poems of Several Authors" ), ''Canadian Encyclopedia'' (Hurtig: Edmonton, 1988), 1479.〕 ==History== Kennedy, Scott, Smith, and fellow Montreal poet A. M. Klein were all members of the Montreal Group of poets centred on that city's McGill University in the 1920s and early 1930s. Smith and Scott had co-edited the ''McGill Fortnightly Review''; Kennedy and Klein were respectively editors of the ''Reviews successor journals, the ''Canadian Mercury'' and the ''McGilliad''.〔Dean Irvine, ("Montreal Group" ), ''Encyclopedia of Canadian History'', JRank.org. Web, March 15, 2011.〕 The four poets began assembling an anthology of poetry in 1931, and in 1934 invited Toronto poets Robert Finch and E. J. Pratt to join them.〔Keith Richardson, "("New provinces: poems of several authors (1936)" ), ''Encyclopedia of Literature''. JRank.org. Web, March 15, 2011.〕 Scott and Smith disagreed over also inviting Toronto poet Dorothy Livesay. "Smith twice explicitly suggested to Scott that Livesay’s poetry be included in the volume. On both occasions Scott refused, saying that Livesay’s work would be appropriate for a second, 'more political' edition of ''New Provinces'' at a later date." (Scott was a founder of the social democratic Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, while Livesay was a member of the Communist Party of Canada.) Much later, though, Livesay told an interviewer that Scott had wanted to include her work, and that it was Pratt who had vetoed it.〔Peggy Kelly, ("Politics, Gender, and New Provinces" ): Dorothy Livesay and F.R. Scott, ''Canadian Poetry: Studies/Documents/Reviews'', No. 53, Fall/Winter, 2003.〕 There were other disagreements between Scott and Smith. "Smith wanted the volume to offer an up-to-the minute statement on the contributors' work, while Scott wanted it to offer a more historical statement on the development of the contributors' poetry, in hopes of calling forth other, unknown modernist poets-in-the-making." 〔 In line with the anthology he envisioned, Smith penned a Preface in 1934 that was a manifesto of modernism and a rejection of all that had gone before. In Canadian poetry, he mocked, "The most popular experience is to be pained, hurt, stabbed or seared by beauty—preferably by the yellow flame of a crocus in the spring or the red flame of a maple leaf in the autumn." 〔Leon Edel, ("A.J.M. Smith Biography" ), ''Encyclopedia of Literature'', JRank.org. Web, March 17, 2011.〕 "The fundamental criticism that must be brought against Canadian poetry as a whole," he added, "is that it ignores the intelligence. And as a result it is dead." Scott had trouble reconciling that tone with the anthology he planned. "You will have to be careful not to make claims for a greater radicalism than this volume will show,” he warned Smith.〔W.J. Keith, ("How New was ''New Provinces''?" ), ''Canadian Poetry: Studies/Documents/Reviews'', No. 4 (Fall/Winter, 1979). Web, March 16, 2011.〕 For his part, Smith objected to the inclusion of the Toronto poets, describing Finch's imagery as "trite and undistinguished" and some of his lines as "distressingly Emily Dickensian," and calling Pratt "the weakest member of the group—judging of course by his inclusions only." 〔 However, Scott held firm on keeping both Pratt and Finch. The final selection was: twelve poems by Smith, eleven by Finch, ten by Kennedy, ten by Scott, eight by Pratt, and two longer poems ("(Out of the Pulver and the Polished Lens )" and "Soirée of Velvel Kleinburger" 〔Zailig Pollock, ("A. M. Klein Biography - (1909–72)" ), ''Encyclopedia of litertature'', 8117. JRank.org, Web, March 26, 2011.〕 ) by Klein.〔"Keith Richardson, ("New provinces: poems of several authors (1936)" ), ''Encyclopedia of Literature''. JRank.org. Web, March 15, 2011.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「New Provinces (poetry anthology)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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