CLASSIFICATION
Swallow ID:
6309
Partner Institution:
Simon Fraser University
Source Collection Label:
Reading in BC Collection
Sub Series:
Reading in BC Collection
ITEM DESCRIPTION
Title:
UBC Poetry Festival: Robert Duncan Lecture on August 5, 1963 part 2 of 2 #44b
Title Source:
cassette and j-card
Language:
English
Production Context:
Documentary recording
Genre:
Oral History
Identifiers:
[]
Rights
Rights:
Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)
CREATORS
Name:
Duncan, Robert
Dates:
1919-1988
Role:
"Speaker",
"Reader"
Name:
Wah, Fred
Dates:
1939-
Role:
"Donor"
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:
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:
T00:20:28
Size:
13.5 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:20:28
Size:
24 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Dates
Date:
1963-08-05
Type:
Production Date
Source:
J-card
LOCATION
Address:
6398 University Blvd, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4
Venue:
UBC
Latitude:
49.2586
Longitude:
-123.2452
CONTENT
Contents:
Two 090 Shamanism : Duncan’s desire to be a shaman; his experience
135 Contradiction or distinction between shaman and poet, shamanism and poet-muse relationship; female intelligence
170 Derivation: “trafficking with the dead;” communicating with the dead; “dead” poetry
205 “Poem beginning with a line from Pindar”: Duncan reads a stanza from Part IV (p. 67, The Opening of the Field)
300 “Self-induced hypersensitivity” – re/ morning discussion w/ Denise Levertov: prejudice against self-induced sensitivity as prejudice against shamanic, magical, operational area which the poet is near. Like the hero, the shaman is inherited by the poet. Poet as 3 primary entities which have merged into one.
1. Poein – making the poem, artisanship, craft –Greek. Roman.
2. Biblical inspiration: to speak with God’s voice.
3. Celtic, the Bard – verge upon shaman world. Shaman “translates” himself into an other world
350 What is “the Work”?
We are engaged in defining the Work through our participation in it
400 To be engaged at every point in relation to every other point in the poem – those “roots” are to tie that knot.
455 Reads “The Risk.”
480 What brings the hand into action? (heart, tongue); (Stravinsky – intervals); Moslem knotted rugs – accounting for all your days
560 The work of the poem living in each one of us – if we allow it. No engagement in the poem – bankruptcy
600 Poem is a re-engaging in something analogous to alchemical gold
635 To deliver up the life you’ve led – medium is language
700 Ends lecture by reading “The Continent,” later printed in Roots and Branches
Notes:
SFU BC Readings formatting
NOTES
Type:
General
Note:
Liner Notes: Fred Was Vancouver Poetry Festival August 5 1963 Robert Duncan Lecture
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