CLASSIFICATION
Swallow ID:
5231
Partner Institution:
Simon Fraser University
Source Collection Label:
Reading in BC Collection
Sub Series:
Reading in BC Collection
ITEM DESCRIPTION
Title:
Pacifica Radio Series on Ezra Pound: discussion of Ezra Pound’s Le Testement de Villon by Hugh Kenner, Paul Vangelisti, and Everett Lloyd Frost, 1973 Tape 2 of 2 #507b
Title Source:
J-card and inventory
Language:
English
Production Context:
Studio recording
Genre:
Speeches: Talks
Identifiers:
[]
Rights
Rights:
Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)
CREATORS
Name:
Pound, Ezra
Dates:
1885-1972
Role:
"Author"
Name:
Kenner, Hughes
Dates:
1923-2003
Role:
"Speaker"
Name:
Vangelisti, Paul
Dates:
1945-
Role:
"Speaker"
Name:
Frost, Everett Lloyd
Role:
"Speaker"
CONTRIBUTORS
MATERIAL DESCRIPTION
Image:
Recording Type:
Analogue
AV Type:
Audio
Material Designation:
Cassette
Physical Composition:
Magnetic Tape
Storage Capacity:
T01:00:36
Extent:
1/8 inch
Track Configuration:
2 track
Playback Mode:
Stereo
Generations:
Second generation from Reel-to-Reel
Sound Quality:
Excellent
Physical Condition:
Very Good
Other Physical Description:
Black and white clear jewel case with J-card
DIGITAL FILE DESCRIPTION
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:30:16
Size:
29.6 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:30:21
Size:
29.2 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Dates
Date:
1973
Type:
Performance Date
Source:
Inventory
LOCATION
CONTENT
Contents:
Two Hugh Kenner (prof. of literature, U.C. Santa Barbara), Georg Gugelberger (prof. of comparative literature, U.C. Riverside), and Paul Vangelisti (editor of Invisible City) discuss Pound’s work
000 Introduction: Kenner discusses the rationale behind designating a “Pound Era”
052 Discussion of some of Pound’s contributions to modern poetry
080 Pound’s influence on other writers
100 Paris in 1920’s – important because it was possible for an author to get anything printed
112 Pound’s translations as feats of invention
130 Notes of Ernest Fenollosa
160 Pound’s desire that his readers should consult some of the original sources of his translations
177 Contribution of Chinese poetry to English poetry: conveys a “literal sense”
181 Kenner reads from “Poem by the Bridge at Ten-Shin” (Personae, p. 131)
198 E. Frost reads a passage from Kenner’s The Pound Era – Kenner’s idea that public events (i.e. W.W.I) dissipated the energy of the burgeoning London arts scene; Kenner describes how the “vortex” of London was destroyed, and its effect on writers such as T.S. Eliot
300 The panel discusses the humorous anecdotes in The Pound Era (e.g. T.S. Eliot as a connoisseur of cheese)
390 Critical response to Kenner’s book is discussed
467 Kenner quotes a letter from Pound to a Yale Prof. : “Naturally you can’t expect a professor to read [fer] to learn what he don’t know…”
490 Discussion of Kenner’s book as not being just about Ezra Pound
525 Pound’s “early retreat” from city life to rural Italy
562 Pound’s unusual dating of his letters
675 Events of Pound’s life
702 Pound’s writing in the concentration camp
770 The photographs in Kenner’s book are discussed as proof of Pound’s poems being literal descriptions of things which actually exist
Notes:
SFU BC Readings formatting
NOTES
Type:
General
Note:
Liner Notes:
Based initially on Dr. Hugh Kenner's authoritative book of that title (University of California Press, 1971), this program attempts to place Ezra Pound in the context of his contemporaries; and to describe his influence and that of his aesthetic theories and writing. Dr. Kenner, who is Professor of Literature at UC Santa Barbara joins with Pound Scholars Georg Gugelberger (Professor of Contemporary Literature, UC Riverside), Paul Vangelisti (Editor of Invisible City), and Everrett Frost in a discussion.
Side 1: 29:39
Side 2: 29:40
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