George Bowering English 414 Lecture 23 at SFU on November 22, 1973 #682

CLASSIFICATION

Swallow ID:
5791
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 23 at SFU on November 22, 1973 #682
Title Source:
cassette and j-card
Title Note:
On J-card: English 414 Lecture 23 Nov. 22, 1973; W. C. Williams: Paterson Book IV 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"

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:
T00:26:28
Size:
33.4 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:19:34
Size:
24.9 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files

Dates

Date:
1973-11-22
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 0013 Discussion of take-home final exam 0026 Section II introduces themes of marriage and pregnancy. Paterson is himself a family man 0054 The building imagery in Paterson is discussed, in light (pun intended) of the solarium 0085 Bowering asks the class if anyone can give him a brief synopsis on how nuclear fission works. No response 0118 Bowering notes that the destruction of uranium in a nuclear reaction to produce energy is beautiful in Williams’ terms 0124 The parallel between the division of cells to create life and the division of atoms to create energy is discussed 0156 Madame Currie’s discovery of Radium is an important image in Book IV 0198 The letter of ‘A.P.’ is discussed 0212 The marriage and ‘pregnancy’ of M. Currie is looked at, and linked to discovery and invention 0285 Williams wants to write the poem with dissonance, so that the slightest disturbance in its movement will hopefully set off a ‘chain reaction’ of thought or other response in the reader, much as a nuclear reaction is set off by the dissonance of a uranium atom losing valency and setting off a chain reaction 0307 The Billy Sunday passage is discussed 0350 The ‘coarsened hands’ passage is analyzed 0434 The irony of relating M. Currie to Corydon is discussed 0458 Again the piece returns to the American Federal Reserve and money : joke 0557 Bowering starts Part III of Book IV. The year is December, and the river runs slowly now in Paterson 0612 “Writing will always be failure if one aims at the ideal, the perfect” 0666 The lecture closes with a recommendation to look at reveries in Part III 0673 End of lecture Two Side Two is blank
Notes:
SFU BC Readings formatting

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