Poetry and Poetics - Shishiron

A poetry magazine. First published in September 1928 (Showa 3), and ceased publication in June 1933. Total of 20 issues. Quarterly. The title was changed to "Bungaku" from issue 15 (March 1932). The supplementary volume "Modern English Literature Criticism" (November 1930) and the annual "Shosetsu" (January 1932) were also published by Kosei-kaku Shoten. It was modeled after the international avant-garde magazine "Transition" from Paris. It became a magnetic field for various methodological experiments exploring "today's poetry," such as new prose poetry (Kitagawa Fuyuhiko, Anzai Fuyue), surrealism (Nishiwaki Junzaburo, Ueda Toshio, Takiguchi Shuzo), formalism (Haruyama Yukio, Kitazono Katsue), and cine-poem (Takenaka Iku, Kondo Azuma), and formed the backbone of Showa poetry history. Under the banner of ESPRIT NOUVEAU, it featured works by Valéry, Gide, Joyce, T.S. Eliot, and others, and was directly influenced by Western modernist literature, introducing methods and techniques such as automatism, monologue interière, and stream of consciousness. It pioneered the way of emerging art schools and psychological literature. It is a monumental poetry magazine for the poetic youth of Showa literature. As part of the literary movement of "Poetry and Poetics," Haruyama Yukio edited and planned the 23-volume "Modern Art and Criticism Series" (April 1929 - July 1932), which also attracted attention for its striking impact on the historical formation of modernist literature.

[Noriaki Chiba]

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詩雑誌。1928年（昭和3）9月創刊、33年6月終刊。全20冊。季刊。第15号（1932.3）より『文学』と改題。別冊『現代英文学評論』（1930.11）、年刊『小説』（1932.1）もあわせ厚生閣書店発行。パリの国際的前衛誌『transition』がモデル。新散文詩（北川冬彦、安西冬衛(ふゆえ)）、シュルレアリスム（西脇(にしわき)順三郎、上田敏雄(としお)、滝口修造）、フォルマリスム（春山行夫(ゆきお)、北園克衛(かつえ)）、シネ・ポエム（竹中郁(いく)、近藤東(あずま)）など、「今日のポエジー」を探究する多彩な方法的実験の磁場となり、昭和詩史の骨格を形成した。ESPRIT NOUVEAU（エスプリヌウボオ）を旗幟(きし)に、バレリー、ジッド、ジョイス、T・S・エリオット等を特集するなど、欧米のモダニズム文学の直接的影響を受け、自動記述法（オートマチスム）、内的独白（モノローグ・アンテリエール）、意識の流れなどの方法技術を導入。新興芸術派や心理主義文学の道を開拓。昭和文学の詩的青春の記念碑的詩誌である。『詩と詩論』の文学運動の一環として、春山行夫の編集企画した『現代の芸術と批評叢書(そうしょ)』全23冊（1929.4～1932.7）も、モダニズム文学の史的形成に鮮烈な衝撃を与えて注目される。

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