The Canadian Authors Meet
F.R.Scott is a committed artist who has the great concern for the development of a genuine Canadian Literature. Being, a good poet himself, he is anxious that Canadian poetry should be mature, serious and os duarble quality. Socialites mixed with the popular poets and made them feel honoured and important. In the "Canadian Authors Meet", makes a scathing attack on such writers by saterising a get-together of such Canadian Author.
There is a get-together of Canadian authors in a spacious, comfortable and old fashioned hall. Most of the people who have gathered there ooze out professional earneotness standing in small groups beneath a portrait of the Prince of Wales. A pretentious group calling themselves devotes of literature has gathered over a cup of tea.
A typical member of the group is Miss.Crotchet who does not write genuine poetry. Yet she calls herself a poetess and with a beaming face. She wanders through the crowd, greeting everyone with a cheerful word on smile. The men and women are engaged in gay chatter. Miss.Crotchet makes through there group and exchanges remark about the age of the members. SOme of them are virgins who are past their sixtieth year, yet they write poems of love.
The members include top ranging poets of Canadian Literature. Scott has demonstrated his concern about the state of Canadian Literature by not excluding himself from the list of poets. Religion and Politics are important consideration in assessing the merits of the poets. They are also measured for their philanthropic habits and their enthusiasm for God and King. Scott attacks the Canadian Literary criticism which has para literary considerations and motive in jullging a poet and his work.
Next, the poet describes the delightful party. Sweet cakes are served, but sweeter than that, one gets the feeling of mixing with the literary men. The gay atmosphere of a social get-together permeates the air and the seriousness of a literary meeting is conspious by its absence. Everything non-literary happens here. Having satirised the Canadian authors Scott proceeds to lament over the deporable multiplicity of writers and their superficial concerns.
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