COMPLETE [SOLO] Visions and Revisions by John Cowper Powys-ag

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Visions and Revisions by John Cowper Powys (1872 - 1963).

Volunteers outside the USA: Author died in 1963. The author's work is still protected by copyright in places like Europe, where copyright is author's death plus 70 years and Australia (author's death plus 70 years for authors who died after 1955).
Powys presents a set of literary devotions of great figures in Literature who have obsessed him. He attempts not so much a reasoned critique or any attempt to categorise these figures but rather, as he describes in the Preface: "to give [himself] up, absolutely and completely, to the various visions and temperaments of these great dead artists." Powys delivered popular lectures throughout the United States and was able to hold audiences in rapt attention for hours while speaking about great literature and writers, this book from the earlier part of his writing career gives us a little glimpse into what those lectures must have been like. ( Keri Ford)
This project is now complete. All audio files can be found on our catalog page: https://librivox.org/visions-and-revisions-by-john-cowper-powys/

  • Text source (only read from this text!): http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26933
  • Type of proof-listening required (Note: please read the PL FAQ): standard



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    Keywords that describe the book: dickens, Shakespeare, Nietzsche, Goethe, Charles Lamb, shelley, Keats, Thomas Hardy, Milton, Walt Whitman, dante, rabelais, el greco, matthew arnold, walter pater, dostoievsky, edgar allen poe

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  • The reader will record the following at the beginning and end of each file:
    No more than 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning of the recording!
    START of recording (Intro):
    • "Chapter [number] of Visions and Revisions. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information, or to volunteer, please visit: librivox DOT org"
    • If you wish, say:
      "Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]"
    • Say:
      "Visions and Revisions, by John Cowper Powys. [Chapter]"


    For the second and all subsequent sections, you may optionally use the shortened form of this intro disclaimer:
    • "Chapter [number] of Visions and Revisions by John Cowper Powys. This LibriVox recording is in the Public Domain."
    • If you wish, say:
      "Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]"
    • Only if applicable, say:
      "[Chapter title]"
    END of recording:
    • At the end of the section, say:
      "End of [Chapter]"
    • If you wish, say:
      "Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]"
    • At the end of the book, say (in addition):
      "End of Visions and Revisions, by John Cowper Powys. "

    There should be 5 seconds silence at the end of the recording, or 10 seconds for files longer than 30 minutes.
  • Example filename visions_##_powys_128kb.mp3 (all lower-case) where ## is the section number (e.g. visions_01_powys_128kb.mp3)
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alg1001
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Post by alg1001 »

Hi Keri,
I will MC this for you.
Do you have a proof listener lined up? If not I will keep you on the launchpad for another day.
Cheers!
Amy
In the mind, or consciousness of the Earth this flower first lay latent as a dream. Perhaps, in her consciousness, it nested as that which in us corresponds to a little thought.--A.Blackwood
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Post by keri »

Many Thanks Amy,

No I didn't have any lined up. Do people need any particular experience to be proof listeners? I might ask a friend who has done some reading and covers before for librivox.
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Post by alg1001 »

Hi Keri,
No experience is needed. Here is the place to find out all about it. It is the Prooflistening Template and FAQ.
viewtopic.php?f=21&t=17680
Thanks,
Amy
In the mind, or consciousness of the Earth this flower first lay latent as a dream. Perhaps, in her consciousness, it nested as that which in us corresponds to a little thought.--A.Blackwood
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Post by gppetersen »

That might be me: Grant Petersen. Can I be the/a PL for this project please and do the cover too? I am willing to be DPL if that's Okay.
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Post by alg1001 »

Hi Grant,
I assume Keri will be happy to have you as DPL. I am going to sign you up and move this to Going Solo.
Thanks!
Amy
In the mind, or consciousness of the Earth this flower first lay latent as a dream. Perhaps, in her consciousness, it nested as that which in us corresponds to a little thought.--A.Blackwood
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Post by keri »

Yes, I am happy to have Grant Proof Listen, it's great to have this project going, thank you Amy and Grant.
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Post by alg1001 »

Hi Keri and Grant,
In case you haven't use the Magic Window before, I sent you a private message with how to obtain access to it and how to update it.
Cheers,
Amy
In the mind, or consciousness of the Earth this flower first lay latent as a dream. Perhaps, in her consciousness, it nested as that which in us corresponds to a little thought.--A.Blackwood
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Post by gppetersen »

Not sure who should update the magik window when a reader has posted a new file. I've had a go, putting
https://librivox.org/uploads/alg1001/visions_01_powys_128kb.mp3
in the Listen URL field, The Title from the text's contents in the MW title and changing the status to ready for PL.
Please excuse me if this is wrong.
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Post by gppetersen »

That first reading was great. I've changed the status to PL OK and added the duration to the notes column.
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Post by keri »

Thanks Grant,

I hadn't had time to look at it, so thanks for doing that, first section done. It feels like we're making progress. Let me know if you want to keep doing that otherwise i'm happy to do so.
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Post by gppetersen »

Reading is the big job so I'll take on all that I can to lighten the load but I'm also generally happy to keep doing it. I'm not fully confident that I'm doing it correctly but it seems OK and if anything is wrong I'm sure it can be fixed.
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Post by alg1001 »

The MW looks fine. You have the hang of it, Grant.
Thanks,
Amy
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