CLASSIFICATION
Swallow ID:
5703
Partner Institution:
Simon Fraser University
Source Collection Label:
Reading in BC Collection
Sub Series:
Reading in BC Collection
ITEM DESCRIPTION
Title:
Jeremy H. Prynne discussion on Charles Olson's Maximus Poems at SFU on July 29, 1971 #542a
Title Source:
cassette and J-card
Language:
English
Production Context:
Documentary recording
Genre:
Speeches: Talks
Identifiers:
[]
Rights
Rights:
Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)
CREATORS
Name:
Olson, Charles
Dates:
1910-1970
Role:
"Author"
Notes:
Topic of Discussion
Name:
Prynne, J. H.
Dates:
1936-
Role:
"Speaker"
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
Generations:
Second generation from Reel-to-Reel
Sound Quality:
Good
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:
T00:30:39
Size:
40.1 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:30:34
Size:
42.1 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Dates
Date:
1971-07-29
Type:
Performance Date
Source:
J-card
LOCATION
Address:
8888 University Dr, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6
Venue:
SFU
Latitude:
49.2767,-122.9178
Longitude:
-122.9178
CONTENT
Contents:
Side Track No. Comments
One Jeremy H. Prynne, Olson’s Maximus IV, V, VI
000 Introduction
024 Maximus IV, V, VI, a “simple poem”. It is not a lyric poem
065 How a seemingly lyrical poem like “The Twist” avoids being lyrical
071 …poem is “simple” but Olson’s life dense and complex
087 Definition of “cosmos”, “cosmology”
100 “Lyric” relies on metaphor; a condition “of the part”, not “of the whole”
110 First part of Maximus has a “lyrical” thrust outward into the ocean and cosmos; later part (IV, V, VI) man turns his back on the sea, back to the land
148 Maximus “folds back on itself”, from cosmos to land, from story to myth – “muthos”
180 Maximus a “circular” poem; when “lyric’ concludes, condition of myth takes over
204 Milton’s “Paradise Lost” a circular poem with a fault (original sin); Maximus a circular poem without a fault – “the world is an eternal event”
240 Olson gets away from the “lyric” by becoming “estranged from that which was most familiar”: the Earth, “home”
288 “Obscure LYRIC” IS PERMISSABLE; “OBSCURE EPIC” is a failed epic
320 Second Maximus a simple part of an epic poem; describes “homecoming”
340 Maximus a “complete” poem
389 “We escape the metaphor… We participate in the condition of being… beyond the condition of meaning”
406 “The ‘love epic’” : Love for the “whole”, for the cosmos
420 Olson “nods to” Ezra Pound in his epic
429 Keats’ struggle to get out of “local” “lyrical” condition in “Hyperion”; struggle to do what Olson does
467 “the ‘curvature’ of the universe is love”
502 The universe is simple as a whole, as is its language: a “capacity for love”
576 Questions from the audience
Notes:
SFU BC Readings formatting
NOTES
Type:
General
Note:
Released on Folkways FL 9738
Side 1 30:40
Side 1 30:55
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