The Berkeley Poetry Conference Part 7: Robert Creeley lecture on July 23rd, 1965 #518

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Swallow ID:
5502
Partner Institution:
Simon Fraser University
Source Collection Label:
Reading in BC Collection
Sub Series:
Reading in BC Collection

ITEM DESCRIPTION

Title:
The Berkeley Poetry Conference Part 7: Robert Creeley lecture on July 23rd, 1965 #518
Title Source:
cassette and j-card
Language:
English
Production Context:
Documentary recording
Genre:
Speeches: Talks
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[]

Rights

Rights:
Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)

CREATORS

Name:
Creeley, Robert
Dates:
1926-2005
URL:
http://viaf.org/viaf/109562114
Role:
"Speaker"
Name:
Olson, Charles
Dates:
1910-1970
URL:
http://viaf.org/viaf/27091190
Role:
"Speaker"
Name:
Duncan, Robert
Dates:
1919-1988
URL:
http://viaf.org/viaf/105142281
Role:
"Speaker"
Name:
Williams, William Carlos
Dates:
1883-1963
URL:
http://viaf.org/viaf/29542054
Role:
"Speaker", "Author"

CONTRIBUTORS

MATERIAL DESCRIPTION

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Analogue
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Audio
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Cassette
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1/8 inch
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2 track
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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

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44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:45:49
Size:
55.9 MB
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32 bit
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WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
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Stereo
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44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:52:28
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67.8 MB
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32 bit
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Dates

Date:
1965-07-23
Type:
Performance Date
Source:
J-card

LOCATION

Address:
Berkeley, California, USA
Latitude:
37.8705
Longitude:
-122.2826
URL:
https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/2833528

CONTENT

Contents:
Side Track No. Comments One Robert Creeley lecture, “A Sense of Measure” 000 Introduction: Williams Carlos Williams’ sense of “measure” 021 Creeley quotes Williams, speaking of Shakespeare 047 The word “measure” implies many things; e.g., “metrical” in Olson’s sense of the word 057 Williams’ large focus “on measure” and the difficulties he experienced after his strokes 078 Creeley relates how Williams’ concerns have affected his feelings about Pound, Olson, Zukosfsky, and others 096 Williams’ feelings about the Russian cosmonaut’s orbit of the Earth 110 Creeley asks audience for feedback on what is meant by “measure”; response: Williams himself did not seem to know 126 Williams’ reaction to Olson and vice versa 143 Olson’s “Projected Verse” essay 173 Creeley says “if anything is, then all things are”, relates this idea to poetry 197 Creeley’s use of the word measure 211 Comments from Robert Duncan on measuring one’s measure while one is intoxicated 277 Comments from Robert Duncan on measuring one’s measure while one is intoxicated 343 “Writing somehow doesn’t count”, says Creeley 374 Discussion of numbers and counting as measures 410 Duncan speaks about the patterns in Pound’s “Rock Drill” Cantos 456 Duncan speaks about the crudity of “conscious numbers” as opposed to the complexity of “unconscious numbers” a “loosed mode” 495 Creeley discusses the “numbers” he uses in his poems 514 Duncan brings up the counted syllables in Williams’ work; Creeley discusses Tomlinson’s use of Williams’ style of syllabic verse 562 Audience member refers to a statement on the sonnet form by Zukofsky; Duncan comments 605 Creeley gets back to statement, “Writing somehow doesn’t count”; focuses on word “somehow” 635 Audience members enter into debate about whether arithmetical counting is necessary in poetry 777 Creeley discusses the many possibilities with poems that are consciously and ostensibly “measured” (or metred) by the writer 864 Creeley refers to Olson’s “testing and missing some proof”; audience debates conscious and unconscious experience of numbers 965 Side one ends Two 000 Discussion of unconscious experience of numbers resumes 035 Distinction between “measure” and “order” 047 Discussion of the etymology of word “measure” 084 Question from audience: Is it important for the reader to get the same sense of measure as that which was intuitively experienced by the writer of a poem?; Duncan and Creeley respond 148 Question: How do you perceive a measure” 176 Question: Is the poet responsible for the readers’ understanding of the poem? 278 Lecture ends
Notes:
SFU BC Readings formatting

NOTES

Type:
General
Note:
The Berkeley Poetry Conference Part 7 July 23rd, 1965 Robert Creeley: A Sense of Measure Side 1 43:25 min Side 2 41:50 min

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