George Bowering lecture: “Poetic Measure and the Size of the World.” PI-DIGAMMA Open Seminars at SFU on March 19, 1987 Tape 1 of 2 #570

CLASSIFICATION

Swallow ID:
5828
Partner Institution:
Simon Fraser University
Source Collection Label:
Reading in BC Collection
Sub Series:
Reading in BC Collection

ITEM DESCRIPTION

Title:
George Bowering lecture: “Poetic Measure and the Size of the World.” PI-DIGAMMA Open Seminars at SFU on March 19, 1987 Tape 1 of 2 #570
Title Source:
cassette and j-card
Language:
English
Production Context:
Documentary recording
Genre:
Speeches: Talks
Identifiers:
[]

Rights

Rights:
Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)

CREATORS

Name:
Bowering, George
Dates:
1935-
URL:
http://viaf.org/viaf/34469976
Role:
"Author", "Reader", "Speaker"

CONTRIBUTORS

MATERIAL DESCRIPTION

Image:
Image
Recording Type:
Analogue
AV Type:
Audio
Material Designation:
Cassette
Physical Composition:
Magnetic Tape
Extent:
1/8 inch
Track Configuration:
2 track
Playback Mode:
Stereo
Sound Quality:
Good
Physical Condition:
Very Good
Other Physical Description:
Black and white clear jewel case with J-card

DIGITAL FILE DESCRIPTION

Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:45:53
Size:
60.9 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:46:04
Size:
61.0 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files

Dates

Date:
1987-03-19
Type:
Performance Date
Source:
J-card

LOCATION

Address:
8888 University Dr, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6
Venue:
Simon Fraser University
Latitude:
49.2767
Longitude:
-122.9178
URL:
https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/102254132

CONTENT

Contents:
Side Track No. Comments One 000 Blank until 047 047 Quotation from Williams’ “Desert Music” on measure in poetry 059 Reads a statement on measure called “The end of the line” Speech is a line lasting 90 years 075 - A Fetish for the page, the physical book 094 Line endings in conventional magazine verse usually serve no purpose 120 Discusses Wordsworth’s metrics and long lines 140 Yeats’ end rhymes in “Sailing to Byzantium” Line metrics and sentences working together 198 W.C. Williams’ use of active voice as a source for poetry 228 Reads Williams’”By the road to the contagious hospital” 238 The poem as a record of perception, not simply image 256 Reads Williams’ “Unspeakable” 269 Line break recording meeting of self and other 310 Talks about John Donne’s use of difficult grammar to record a dialectic struggle in the self 422 Modernism as a step out of Nature and into history 480 Talks about social & poetic “seriousness” as evident in the line 548 Discusses Bill Bisset’s* use of alternate spelling, lower case, and chant 595 Bisset’s written poems as scores for the voice 598 Over Two 000 Use of measure in poetry analogous to measure in Music 028 Relationship of rhyme and measure 059 Possibility of cohering visual form of the poem with content 069 The notion of experimentation 081 Reading as the primary activity of language, preceding writing and language 099 Discussion of the audience of poetry 140 Failures of criticism, & the role of criticism 170 The poet’s responsibility to consider criticism 300 Charles Olson’s use of geography & ethnology 340 Olson’s sense and use of measure 450 Williams’ explorations of American speech 553 Differences between prose & poetry 602 End of side 2
Notes:
SFU BC Readings formatting

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