CLASSIFICATION
Swallow ID:
5788
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 20 at SFU on November 15, 1973 #679
Title Source:
cassette and j-card
Title Note:
On J-card: English 414 Lecture 20 Nov. 15, 1973; W. C. Williams continued - Paterson Book III
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:
T00:31:05
Size:
36.1 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:31:16
Size:
35.1 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Dates
Date:
1973-11-15
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
0020
Bowering discusses the nature of the course’s final exam
0087
Part III of Book III is discussed
0131
Bowering relates an anecdote about auto-destructive art
0185
The library image as a dam for fresh thought is discussed
0230
Reference to In the American Grain is made in terms of the beauty of the un-raped, the new
0266
The passage about the Indians turned over to the soldiers is analyzed. The idea of Williams as doctor is touched upon
0278
The colonists were little more than rapists
0285
On the nature of rapists
0304
Marriage vs. Death and Destroying is discussed
0343
The puritan answer to the beauty that the poet hopes to encounter in his art in Paterson (that it is an unproductive useless activity or that it is a ‘dirty book’)
0348
“the puritan ethic”, states Bowering, “means the opposite of Williams’ decision to embrace the foulness – they do it without thinking they do, they do it while denying they’ve done it”
0362
The Puritans were not only afraid of the animals in the forest, they were afraid of the animal in man
0380
Toulouse Lautrec is discussed in the context of Paterson, Book III
0490
“So, beauty is not to be divorced from the local, not to be divorced from the vulgar”, states Bowering
0552
Beauty is not the moment of rest and contentment, but rather it is at the moment of being shaken just like the volcano or the raging fire – because it cracks open new places
0628
The image of flame is reiterated: it consumes things of elementally lower order and raises them to a higher order – it is the one element (of Earth, Air, Water, Fire) that does not have any weight and is always in change. It is like the waterfall in Paterson
0689
End of lecture
Two
Side Two is blank
Notes:
SFU BC Readings formatting
NOTES
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