The Deleuze & Guattari reference is primarily to Chapter Three in 'Kafka:
Toward a Minor Literature' (Uni of Minnesota, 1986). It has some ideas in it
which I'm sure would be useful in thinking about these poets. The book
itself focuses on Kafka and his use of language and what D&G call
deterritorialization. There may be some in 1000 Plateaus too, but Kafka is
easier to read/digest, or I found it so anyway.
I agree with David K about the ripeness for a close look at geographical
values in criticism. As i hinted in a previous post, I think certain poets
and magazines got - get? - rather stuck as Northern, when it was about more
than that. At one time, a few years back now, Rupert Loydell of Stride
suggested myself and Louise Hudson (Devon-based) edited an anthology called
'Tough Northern Bastards and Soft Southern Jessies' (or words to that
effect). We politely declined. And I remember doing a reading in Blandford
Forum once and getting ambushed by local poets who thought myself, SCRATCH
and other Northern editors were running a conspiracy against them.
Mark
Mark
-----Original Message-----
From: Malcolm Phillips <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: 08 February 2000 17:48
Subject: Re: Place, Locality, etc.
>Mark -
>
>many thanks for this. I should have said before that I'm also looking at
>the poetry of Ian MacMillan and Geoff Hattersley, I just haven't got around
>to dealing with them in any depth yet. I agree with what you say here and
>find the Deleuze/Guattari reference of interest: where does it come from?
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