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Dowden, George

 Person

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

Flight from America, 1965

 Item
Identifier: CC-15509-15836
Scope and Contents

John Furnival designed the front and back covers with a concrete poetic theme. This book is stored in Furnival's box. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965

for george dowden (120664) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester; Dowden G., 1964

 Item
Identifier: CC-09378-9564
Scope and Contents

George Dowden in the title of this poem refers to the British poet. Moire effects in this poem were produced by overtyping tight grids of letters. This work was reproduced in the Dom Sylvester houedard book edited by Nicola Simpson, "Notes from the Cosmic Typewriter: The Life and Work of Dom Sylvester Houedard" and is stored in the binder labeled DSH London 2012. This poem is one of three that form a sequence. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1964

He or Genesis / Dowden, George ; Kryss TL., 1968

 Item
Identifier: CC-15508-15835
Scope and Contents

Tom Kryss designed the cover. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

Renew Jerusalem / Dowden, George ; Houedard DS., 1969

 Item
Identifier: CC-16326-16676
Scope and Contents

A part of the book deals with Dowden's encounter with Dom Sylvester Houedard in Prinknash Chapel. The poems in the book appear to be composed after Burroughs' cut-up method. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969