George Bowering English 414 Lecture 5 at SFU on September 20, 1973 #664

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Swallow ID:
5772
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 5 at SFU on September 20, 1973 #664
Title Source:
cassette and j-card
Title Note:
On J-card: English 414 Lecture 5 Sept. 20, 1973; Biography of H.D. continued
Language:
English
Production Context:
Classroom recording
Genre:
Speeches: Talks
Identifiers:
[]

Rights

Rights:
Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)

CREATORS

Name:
Bowering, George
Dates:
1935-
URL:
http://viaf.org/viaf/34469976
Role:
"Speaker"

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Image
Recording Type:
Analogue
AV Type:
Audio
Material Designation:
Cassette
Physical Composition:
Magnetic Tape
Extent:
1/8 inch
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:
T00:30:11
Size:
34.9 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:30:15
Size:
33.9 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files

Dates

Date:
1973-09-20
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
URL:
https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/102254132

CONTENT

Contents:
Side Track No. Comments One 0000 0004 Lecture begins. Various announcements 0036 Recaps. (i.e. great interest in classical world) 0045 Discusses translations and H.D.’s decision to not be “slavish” in translating 0058 Imagists don’t have a “split” between translations and other poems: “She seeks the elemental (images)” 0065 This ain’t no soft focus Greece 0073 Bowering reads passages from Wm. Carlos Williams’ autobiography who was madly in love with H.D. 0134 Bowering says that these passages give a different sense of her because they discuss her in relation to sea, storm, the sky, etc. 0144 Some biographical anecdotes 0161 Recommends My Friends When Young. More anecdotes and titles 0183 Discusses impact of war on H.D. and her marriage and affairs. Mentions Bloomsbury Group. More biographical stories 0213 Mentions that poems ‘reflect’ this turmoil. More biographical stories 0232 “The Islands” is discussed, esp. section IV which is read 0290 Discusses Sappho’s “Fragment #113” and reads last stanza 0312 H.D.’s second famous vision (in Tribute to Freud) is discussed. More biographical stories follow 0403 World War II’s impact on H.D. Reads from Tribute to the Angels. (p.85). More titles and stories 0446 20th century chaos affects and resembles H.D. life. She tries to (re)discover who she is. Poems are an attempt at resolution 0466 “The blank page is a perfect poem” – Mallarme 0467 Freud “The childhood of the individual is the childhood of the race”. Discussed briefly in relation to H.D. and her work 0475 New editions. Bowering reads some passages 0502 H.D.’s poems as a search for identity (partly). Bowering says he, unlike everyone else he knows, has not been in analysis because he does not believe in the unconscious (which some say proves one needs analysis!) Analysis anecdotes 0519 Greek myth as a metaphor but all poems autobiographical for H.D. This prevents the Sylvia Plath syndrome 0541 H.D.’s admiration for the hard, elemental strength of singularity versus the ease that the late Victorian Poets were being accused of. Mentions “Sea Rose” and mentions poem about Shakespeare “Good Friend”. Mentions various other titles 0590 Lecture ends 0673 End of Side One
Notes:
SFU BC Readings formatting

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