CLASSIFICATION
Swallow ID:
7090
Partner Institution:
Simon Fraser University
Source Collection Title:
Warren Tallman Fonds
Source Collection ID:
MsC 26
Source Collection Description:
Warren Tallman (7 November 1921 - 1 July 1994) was an American-born poetry professor who inspired the Canadian Tish movement and influenced the mid-20th century poetry scene in Canada. Born in Seattle attended the University of California, Berkeley on the G.I. Bill. There he met Ellen King; they married in 1951. In 1956, the Tallmans accepted teaching jobs in the English department at the University of British Columbia, where they helped Earle Birney and Roy Daniells to organize the creative writing department. In 1963, they hosted a poetry conference attended by Denise Levertov, Charles Olson, Allen Ginsberg, Robert Duncan, Margaret Avison, and Philip Whalen. The Tallman home itself also served as a poetry enclave of sorts. It was there that Jack Spicer gave some of his now legendary lectures. Two years later, they held another poetry conference in Berkeley, California. Sometimes criticized by Canadian literary nationalists for turning the Vancouver poetry circle into a California branch plant, Tallman embraced the Black Mountain school approach to poetry, and also was influenced from the Beats and other New American Poets. The fonds consists of correspondence, manuscripts, teaching papers, personal and financial records, material pertaining to the Vancouver Poetry Centre, photographs, audiotapes, ephemera, etc.
Source Collection Contributing Unit:
SFU Library
Source Collection URI:
Source Collection Image URL:
Sub Series Title:
Warren Tallman Fonds
ITEM DESCRIPTION
Title:
Warren Tallman's ENGL 205 lectures on Ben Jonson and William Shakespeare's poetry and on "Medallion" by Ezra Pound and "Nantucket" by William Carlos Williams on October 3, 1986 at UBC
Title Source:
Recording and J-card
Language:
English
Production Context:
Classroom recording
Identifiers:
[]
Rights
Rights:
Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)
CREATORS
Name:
Tallman, Warren
Dates:
1921-1994
Name:
Shakespeare, William
Dates:
1564-1616
Name:
Jonson, Ben
Dates:
1572-1637
Name:
Williams, William Carlos
Dates:
1883-1963
Notes:
Warren Tallman's lecture is on "Nantucket" by William Carlos Williams
CONTRIBUTORS
MATERIAL DESCRIPTION
Image:
Recording Type:
Analogue
AV Type:
Audio
Material Designation:
Cassette
Physical Composition:
Magnetic Tape
Extent:
1/8 inch
Sound Quality:
Good
Physical Condition:
Good
Other Physical Description:
J-card
DIGITAL FILE DESCRIPTION
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:47:20
Size:
50.6 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:47:34
Size:
51.2 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Dates
Date:
1986-10-03
Type:
Production Date
Source:
J-card
Notes:
Following the covered classrooms' topics on sides one and two, it seems they are two different classrooms on two different days. We have no idea whether side one or two is recorded on October 3.
LOCATION
CONTENT
NOTES
Type:
General
Note:
Warren Tallman's lecture specifically focuses on poetry, highlighting Ben Jonson's and William Shakespeare in examples from their poetry and play-writing; on the second side he also discusses "Nantucket" by William Carlos Williams and "Medallion" be Ezra Pound
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