CLASSIFICATION
Swallow ID:
5703
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:
Jeremy H. Prynne discussion on Charles Olson's Maximus Poems at SFU on July 29, 1971 #542a
Title Source:
cassette and J-card
Language:
English
Production Context:
Documentary recording
Identifiers:
[]
Rights
Rights:
Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)
CREATORS
Name:
Olson, Charles
Dates:
1910-1970
Notes:
Topic of Discussion
Name:
Prynne, J. H.
Dates:
1936-
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:
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:
T00:30:39
Size:
40.1 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:30:34
Size:
42.1 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Dates
Date:
1971-07-29
Type:
Performance Date
Source:
J-card
LOCATION
Address:
8888 University Dr, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6
Venue:
SFU
Latitude:
49.2767,-122.9178
Longitude:
-122.9178
CONTENT
Contents:
Side Track No. Comments
One Jeremy H. Prynne, Olson’s Maximus IV, V, VI
000 Introduction
024 Maximus IV, V, VI, a “simple poem”. It is not a lyric poem
065 How a seemingly lyrical poem like “The Twist” avoids being lyrical
071 …poem is “simple” but Olson’s life dense and complex
087 Definition of “cosmos”, “cosmology”
100 “Lyric” relies on metaphor; a condition “of the part”, not “of the whole”
110 First part of Maximus has a “lyrical” thrust outward into the ocean and cosmos; later part (IV, V, VI) man turns his back on the sea, back to the land
148 Maximus “folds back on itself”, from cosmos to land, from story to myth – “muthos”
180 Maximus a “circular” poem; when “lyric’ concludes, condition of myth takes over
204 Milton’s “Paradise Lost” a circular poem with a fault (original sin); Maximus a circular poem without a fault – “the world is an eternal event”
240 Olson gets away from the “lyric” by becoming “estranged from that which was most familiar”: the Earth, “home”
288 “Obscure LYRIC” IS PERMISSABLE; “OBSCURE EPIC” is a failed epic
320 Second Maximus a simple part of an epic poem; describes “homecoming”
340 Maximus a “complete” poem
389 “We escape the metaphor… We participate in the condition of being… beyond the condition of meaning”
406 “The ‘love epic’” : Love for the “whole”, for the cosmos
420 Olson “nods to” Ezra Pound in his epic
429 Keats’ struggle to get out of “local” “lyrical” condition in “Hyperion”; struggle to do what Olson does
467 “the ‘curvature’ of the universe is love”
502 The universe is simple as a whole, as is its language: a “capacity for love”
576 Questions from the audience
Notes:
SFU BC Readings formatting
NOTES
Type:
General
Note:
Released on Folkways FL 9738
Side 1 30:40
Side 1 30:55
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