George Bowering English 414 Lecture 28 at SFU on December 4, 1973 #687

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Swallow ID:
5869
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 28 at SFU on December 4, 1973 #687
Title Source:
cassette and j-card
Title Note:
On J-card: English 414 Lecture 28 Dec. 4, 1973; Charles Olson: Introduction and Maximus poems
Language:
English
Production Context:
Classroom recording
Genre:
Speeches: Talks
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[]

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Rights:
Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)

CREATORS

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

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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:
T00:32:42
Size:
38.4 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:30:20
Size:
35.2 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
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Dates

Date:
1973-12-04
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 0036 Bowering gives a definition of Olson’s Maximus – Maximus is not a persona for Charles Olson; it is a metaphor 0060 Olson bases Maximus at Gloucester, Massachusetts 0083 Bowering quotes from Letter 3 (3), and notes that one of the first questions one must ask upon reading poetry is “Who am I?” 0117 Bowering discusses the geography of Gloucester as a small island and seaport 0152 Olson’s major themes are: 1) Man should not exploit nature beyond his necessities 2) Man should not assume that he be placed above nature, but rather be part of it 3) Men should live communally and not exploit each other 4) Men cannot exploit nature or others without exploiting themselves 0250 Bowering quotes from an 1804 translation of Maximus of Tyre 0323 Olson goes through a litany of seamen and fishermen and their enemies through the three or four hundred year history of Maximus itself, reflects Bowering 0327 Olson felt that men, or artists, or poets go wrong when they demand more than they need, or more than nature can give. He is totally opposed to money being used to make money 0383 Olson’s enemies are greed, pride, and ambition, because they stop the mutual feeding processes in nature and man 0441 Olson noted that death begins to enter as soon as one begins to prefer society over the cosmos 0458 Bowring quotes again from Maximus of Tyre 0483 Bowering discusses the distinction between the source of the line and the source of the syllable 0628 Olson sees that the natural process in the world, most clearly seen in the ocean and the trees, is always shifting and always unfolding, and it is in opposition to advertising, the profit motive, exploitive power, the sprawling ego, and so forth, those cancers which seek to grow ever larger and feed themselves upon the death of others 0652 Olson said that you have to pay a moment-to-moment close attention to detail in reading his poems-you will not get an artifact at the end of his poem-you must pay attention to keep the poems from using you or to keep you from using the poem 0682 Bowering notes that the poem’s use is to deliver news of the real, not to encapsulate reality 0702 Bowering quotes from “Letter 22” of Maximus 0738 End of Lecture Two Side two is blank
Notes:
SFU BC Readings formatting

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