George Bowering English 414 Lecture 19 at SFU on November 13, 1973 #678

CLASSIFICATION

Swallow ID:
5787
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 19 at SFU on November 13, 1973 #678
Title Source:
cassette and j-card
Title Note:
On J-card: English 414 Lecture 19 Nov. 13, 1973; W. C. Williams - Paterson Book II continued, Book III begin
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"

CONTRIBUTORS

MATERIAL DESCRIPTION

Image:
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:
T00:30:53
Size:
35.0 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:30:56
Size:
34.0 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files

Dates

Date:
1973-11-13
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
URL:
https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/102254132

CONTENT

Contents:
Side Track No. Comments One 0000 0023 Bowering begins with a discussion of the Pagan vs. the Puritan 0040 Aspects of the film Viva Mexico are touched upon in Paterson 0059 “In the Puritan”, Bowering states, “there is a fear built in of both the beautiful and the feminine” 0088 “The Evangelist gives all his money away, but he is always worried about cost and price…” 0120 Paterson’s great discovery against the deadening absolutes one is offered in life is that “marriage in the present is the way to enter the eternal” 0152 In Part III of Book II we find a refusal to be negative 0185 The descent passage of Book II, Part III, is the key moment of the Book 0242 Waterfall imagery in Part III is discussed 0302 “Williams force comes from the feminine…” 0356 Bowering begins Paterson, Book III 0365 The library is discussed - a place of coolness and escape 0378 “The library is about the search for new language – the realization that the old has to be picked up and shaken and literally re-formed”, notes Bowering. The image of fire, flood and cyclone runs through it 0395 We are now in the summer season of Paterson 0399 Fear is a major theme in Book III 0419 That which inspires fear, in all cases in Book III, is the beautiful 0446 Paterson remains in the library all through Book III, but his mind keeps going outside to ’beautiful things’ 0526 In the library, Paterson is cut off from the city, ‘divorced’ and silent 0556 The dreams of dead men are prisoners in the library 0561 The moth image is discussed 0607 The ‘toilet-training’ theory of literature is discussed 0622 The imagery of the library sign ‘SILENCE!’ is discussed 0650 Bowering talks about metamorphosis – of the worm, of the cyclone, of the flood, of the fire 0685 Lecture ends Two Side Two is blank
Notes:
SFU BC Readings formatting

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