CLASSIFICATION
Swallow ID:
5343
Partner Institution:
Simon Fraser University
Source Collection Label:
Reading in BC Collection
Sub Series:
Reading in BC Collection
ITEM DESCRIPTION
Title:
Robert Duncan interview with Warren Tallman in Vancouver, May 1979 #736
Title Source:
cassette and j-card
Language:
English
Production Context:
Documentary recording
Genre:
Interview
Identifiers:
[]
Rights
Rights:
Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)
CREATORS
Name:
Duncan, Robert
Dates:
1919-1988
Role:
"Speaker"
Name:
Tallman, Warren
Dates:
1921-1994
Role:
"Interviewer"
CONTRIBUTORS
MATERIAL DESCRIPTION
Image:
Recording Type:
Analogue
AV Type:
Audio
Material Designation:
Cassette
Physical Composition:
Magnetic Tape
Extent:
1/8 inch
Track Configuration:
2 track
Playback Mode:
Stereo
Sound Quality:
Excellent
Physical Condition:
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:
T00:52:09
Size:
67.2 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:46:02
Size:
61.3 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Dates
Date:
1979-05
Type:
Performance Date
Source:
J-card
LOCATION
Address:
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Latitude:
49.2584
Longitude:
-123.1128
CONTENT
Contents:
Side Track No. Comments
One 000
005 Tallman questions Duncan about the definition of modernism
040 Duncan summarizes – a definition of the modern – inside a social context
100 Duncan talks about the rise of industrialism in the early 20th century and the influence of these developments upon social consciousness
190 “Those who call themselves a ‘Post Modernist’ is an idiot”
220 Duncan summarizes the Catholic crusade against poets – connecting some of the mythological elements which gave rise to the romantic movement
311 Duncan discusses the elements of romance as they relate to his work directly
360 Duncan delves into a long speech – attaching a mystical quality to ‘romance’
460 Duncan comments upon: eroticism, the poets’ ability to love, the sexual act and the textual relationship of these things in poetry (esp. Dante and Pound)
475 “In the poetic tradition it found that its Eros was the enemy of love and sexuality – this is a distinction that most people don’t understand”
494 “Poetry is profoundly against fulfillment and ultimately for the death…”
579 “Romance is what we have in the poetry – in a moment of revelation – which is the mind”
583 End Side One
Two 000
005 Duncan says that he is drawn towards, in the sense of romance, is a mysterious friendship
050 “In the 19th century the greatest romance writer is Dickens”
090 Duncan condemns Freudian psychology – suggesting that Freud had a self-destructive drive: an underlying romantic drive
142 Ginsberg and Buddhism
188 “I think mind is a very different thing from psyche”
240 Duncan suggests that romance can encompass a wide range of authors with opposing metaphysics
286 Discussion focuses upon courtly love
318 Duncan – a most important notion is that the troubadour poet never consummated his love
376 Duncan proposes that the spirit of romance involves a denial of the body
440 The discussion focuses upon the philosophical differences between Buddhism and Christianity
484 Tallman questions some of the others present at the interview about their definition of romance
525 Duncan relates a story about Robert Creeley
548 End. End Side Two
Notes:
SFU BC Readings formatting
NOTES
Type:
General
Note:
Liner Notes:
Warren Tallman interviewing Robert Duncan Vancouver BC
May 1979
DOLBY B
#736
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