The Duncan Campbell Scott Symposium

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CONTENTS Introduction K. P. STICK xi Duncan Campbell Scott and "the Moment of Becoming" JOHN P. MATTHEWS 1 The Significance of Scott's Minor Poems GORDON JOHNSTON 11 From Lifeless Pools to the Circle of Affection: the Significance of Space in the Poetry of D. C. Scott KATHY MEZEI 23 Meanings Held in a Mist: the Major Poems CATHERINE E. KELLY, S.C.I.C 37 Symbol and Decoration: "The Piper of Aril" FRED COGSWELL 47 "Spring on Mattagami": a Reconsideration STAN DRAGLAND and MARTIN WARE Duncan Campbell Scott's "Spring on Mattagami" and Some Contexts (DRAGLAND) 55 "Spring on Mattagami" in a Dramatic Context (WARE) . 62 "Spring on Mattagami": Second Thoughts (DRAGLAND) . 66 "Spring on Mattagami": a Further Comment (WARE) . . 70 Native People in Scott's Short Fiction JOHN FLOOD 73 Duncan Campbell Scott's Fiction: Moral Realism and Canadian Identity GLENN CLEVER 85 Duncan Campbell Scott and American Literature JAMES DOYLE 101 The Letters of Duncan Campbell Scott to Lionel Stevenson C. M. ARMITAGE I l l IX 55 55 A Fortunate Friendship: Duncan Campbell Scott and Pelham Edgar SANDRA CAMPBELL 113 D. C. Scott: A Trace of Documents and a Touch of Life ROBERT L. MCDOUGALL 127 Program of the D. C. Scott Symposium, April 27-29, 1979 Epilogue: "Piano, To D.C.S." GORDON JOHNSTON 145 Selected Bibliography CATHERINE E. KELLY, S.C.I.C 147 Contributors 157 X 143 ...