CLASSIFICATION
Swallow ID:
5792
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 24 at SFU on November 26, 1973 #683
Title Source:
cassette and j-card
Title Note:
On J-card: English 414 Lecture 24 Nov. 26, 1973; W. C. Williams: Paterson Book IV cont'd
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:
T00:29:17
Size:
35.1 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:19:23
Size:
22.9 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Dates
Date:
1973-11-26
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
0025
Mention of the take-home final is made once again
0042
Bowering begins with a look at the poet’s offering of cop-outs and solace for his failures and his move into reveries
0069
The poetry returns to a smooth and relaxed mode
0082
The mention of I Ching is touched upon and its relevance to wind imagery in Paterson
0116
The birth images from earlier sections, expressed in lively verse much like dance music, now alternates with the ‘weakness’ – this is the enactment of mind, we are given the state of Paterson’s mind as it goes back and forth between excitement and reverie
0205
Williams intersperses the relaxed flow of the poetry with stories of murder and divorce and war and other violence. It’s like the river is just flowing along and people are dumping crap in it
0253
“Finally his reverie is broken with the word ‘falls…’
0290
Images of war and violence are examined more closely
0377
The image of the seeds floating in the sea is discussed
0480
The dogs reappear in Paterson again late in Book IV
0525
The ‘beach plums’ passage at the very end of the book is discussed
0545
The nature of crowds is again touched on
0556
The ambiguity of pronunciation of the word ‘close’ in the final stanza is analyzed
0574
Bowering feels that although the poem ends with reference to death, there is room for the view that it really ends with birth
0594
Bowering returns to the beginning of Paterson to look at the section on ‘nine months’
0634
“So much death and graveyard is in Book IV that it seems a wonder that it should end in birth”
0681
The author’s introduction to Paterson is examined
0767
End of lecture – Book V next time
Two
Side Two is blank
Notes:
SFU BC Readings formatting
NOTES
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