CLASSIFICATION
Swallow ID:
5424
Partner Institution:
Simon Fraser University
Source Collection Title:
Reading in BC Collection
Source Collection ID:
MsC 199
Source Collection Description:
Reading in BC collection was assembled during the late 1970s and ‘80s. There are approximately 1000 tapes in this collection. It consists of the recordings of Canadian and American writers, mostly poets, reading poems, talking, being interviewed, participating in panel discussions, and so on. Most of the recordings were made in BC, but there are some made elsewhere in Canada or the USA. Quite a few of these recordings are unique copies, not to be found elsewhere.
Source Collection Contributing Unit:
SFU Library
Source Collection URI:
Source Collection Image URL:
Sub Series Title:
Reading in BC Collection
ITEM DESCRIPTION
Title:
Pacifica Radio series on Ezra Pound: discussion and reading by Everett Frost, George Gupelberger, Paul Vangelisti, and Hugh Kenner, 1973 Part 1 of 2 #510a
Title Source:
J-card and inventory
Language:
English
Production Context:
Studio recording
Identifiers:
[]
Rights
Rights:
Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)
CREATORS
Name:
Pound, Ezra
Dates:
1885-1972
Name:
Kenner, Hughes
Dates:
1923-2003
Name:
Frost, Everett Lloyd
Name:
Vangelisti, Paul
Dates:
1945-
Name:
Gugelberger, George
CONTRIBUTORS
MATERIAL DESCRIPTION
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
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:
T00:30:34
Size:
42.0 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:31:27
Size:
44.6 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Dates
Date:
1973
Type:
Performance Date
Source:
Inventory
LOCATION
CONTENT
Contents:
Side Track No. Comments
One Discussion of Pound’s “extra-poetic” life
000 Introduction by Everett Frost
025 Pound reads two of his poems: Cantos XLV and
063 LI
115 Discussion of Canto XLV; the meaning of “usura”; rhetoric of the poem reflecting a hypothetical prophet persona
245 Pound’s economic views – based on C.H. Douglas’ Economic Democracy, 1919
343 Pound’s important work in London during W.W.I. not the source of his income
364 Pound and the “Marxist temptation”
409 Pound speaking as an artist on behalf of artists
480 Pound’s view of how art ought to be financed in a time of economic abundance
540 Function of the artist in society
595 “Direction” of Pound’s Cantos; the accuracy of his language
629 Pound’s aesthetic of recycling”
650 Pound as an “expansionist” compiler of data rather than a reflective poet
700 Anti-Semitism
Notes:
SFU BC Readings formatting
NOTES
Type:
General
Note:
Liner Notes:
Hugh Kenner, Georg Gugelberger, Paul Vangelisti & Everrett Frost discuss Pound's politics, radio broadcasts, incarceration, "insanity" etc.
Side 1: 27:30
Side 2: 23 mins
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