CLASSIFICATION
Swallow ID:
5769
Partner Institution:
Simon Fraser University
Source Collection Label:
Reading in BC Collection
Sub Series:
Reading in BC Collection
ITEM DESCRIPTION
Title:
George Bowering English 414 Lecture 2 at SFU on September 13, 1973 #661
Title Source:
cassette and j-card
Title Note:
On J-card: English 414 Lecture 2 Sept. 13, 1973; H.D. and Imagism
Language:
English
Production Context:
Classroom recording
Genre:
Speeches: Talks
Identifiers:
[]
Rights
Rights:
Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)
CREATORS
Name:
Bowering, George
Dates:
1935-
Role:
"Speaker"
CONTRIBUTORS
MATERIAL DESCRIPTION
Image:
Recording Type:
Analogue
AV Type:
Audio
Material Designation:
Cassette
Physical Composition:
Magnetic Tape
Extent:
1/8 inch
Generations:
Second generation from Reel-to-Reel
Sound Quality:
Excellent
Physical Condition:
Excellent
Other Physical Description:
Black and white clear jewel case with J-card
DIGITAL FILE DESCRIPTION
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:30:13
Size:
35.4 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:46:09
Size:
49.2 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Dates
Date:
1973-09-13
Type:
Performance Date
Source:
J-card
LOCATION
Address:
8888 University Dr, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6
Venue:
Simon Fraser University
Latitude:
49.2784
Longitude:
-122.9231
CONTENT
Contents:
Side
Track
No.
Comments
One
000
009
Tape breaks into a discussion on a SFU Bookstore mix-up
Sounds quite familiar doesn’t it?
022
Bowering decides to disregard the text book problem & forge ahead, at one point, with a discussion on Naturalism
027
More comments on Poe & the American Imagist poets’ connection. Similar ideals
065
Poe’s sense of an “original style which would be totally answerable to the soul”
081
Ideals of Imagism
091
Classism –What is it?
101
Nouns that best define Imagism
117
H.D.’s notion that Imagism was really the self-instruction of young poets
140
H.D.’s translation of Euripides
In the introduction H.D. talks about the problems of translation; laying a lot of the blame at the feet of Swinburne & his ilk
174
H.D.’s outrage at the abuse of language
177
T.D. Humes essay “Romanticism & Classism” announcing the break with the 19th century
209
Ezra Pound essay “A Retrospect”’ explaining the school of Imagism
231
Definitions of what an “Image” is
252
Definition by Bowering, of “description: - the process of the writer interpreting an experience for the reader (removing individual interpretation)
290
Pound’s definition of “symbols”
300
Symbols must not only be accessible to an intellectual elite – Pound paraphrased
328
Reading of a Swinburne sonnet
352
Reading of a H.D. poem
357
Discussion on contrasts between the two poems
384
Imagist school innate legacy
427
Perfectibility of Man notion disregarded by 1905 / Influence of World War I
447
Bowering places his emphasis on the period between 1903-1915 “Major change in American writing”
465
Imagist desire to seek out foreign influences
489
Recommendation of The Imagist Poem by William Pratt as a “handy” source of reference
496
Examples of sources, Bowering reads aloud two Greek poems :
“Poesidipus”
“Refinis”
518
An Ezra Pound poem from 1912 Awpia; this poem is to be seen, so Bowering feels, in reference to the two Greek poems read previously
530
H.D. poem, also written in 1912 “Orchid” or “Pryapous”
550
Discussion of initial Imagist output/ The Eaglist magazine/Imagist anthology “Des Imagists”
613
Pound’s discovery/creation of “Voiceism”. Bowering admits he is just skimming over things, he feels that those who are interested will investigate further for themselves & those who are not interested will be content with the information presented
622
Overview of next class “What Imagism did to Poetry” with emphasis on the work of H.D.
627
Class over
982
Side One over
Two
Side two is blank
Notes:
SFU BC Readings formatting
NOTES
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