CLASSIFICATION
Swallow ID:
5786
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 18 at SFU on November 8, 1973 #677
Title Source:
cassette and j-card
Title Note:
On J-card: English 414 Lecture 18 Nov. 8, 1973; W. C. Williams continued - Paterson Book II
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:
T00:30:52
Size:
35.5 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:30:57
Size:
34.7 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Dates
Date:
1973-11-08
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
0000
0015
Bowering begins the discussion with reference to Williams 1923 Volume Springdoll, and a metaphor concerning the issue of imitation vs. copying in poetry with respect to nature
0030
“Art is to be placed beside Nature, in its own nature…”
0040
For Williams, the ideal is “that the poem operate in the world vis Nature, in the way that a tree would”, notes Bowering
0055
In Paterson, Book II, notes Bowering, we have Paterson going out to find out what the nature of people in the city is on Sunday in the park. A key motif is ‘walking’
0083
The image of the roots is discussed (p. 44)
0121
Puritanism vs. Nature is discussed
0151
The idea of ’property’ in Paterson is a topic for analysis
0218
Property and theme of constraint
0222
Discusses ‘dogs’
0252
Property and price are discussed
0277
Issues surrounding Hamiltonian vs. Jeffersonian politics and 20th century American government are looked
0331
The Federal Reserve banks are extensively discussed
0416
How slavery was made into law in relation to the Federal Reserve banks is touched upon
0420
“There are forces which seek to block one’s marriage with nature, with one’s language, with one’s fellow beings and so forth, to keep the people divorced, to keep them constrained…”
0428
The letters of the ‘neurotic poetess’ C. are discussed in reference to the theme of divorce
0512
A trick of Williams is to subtly poke fun at other poets by reiterating lines from other works
0544
The business of invention is discussed, in relation to the creation of poetry and nature. ‘In-ven’tion’ = ‘to come in-to’
0588
The freedom of art is associated with economic freedom, an image picked straight out of Pound’s Canto about Usury
0634
“Your poetics are directly related to the way you measure the rest of the universe…”
0666
Bowering will talk about the Pagan and the Descent Passage next time
0676
End of tape
Two
Side two is blank
Notes:
SFU BC Readings formatting
NOTES
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