> Alison wrote:
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> >" She doesn're quite remind me of Sitwell: I situate her rather with a
> > Modernist line that runs from say Pound to Creeley."
> >
> Yup thar - it's the precision-work. But I think there's a certain mutual
> magnificent dottiness between la Sitwell and H.D.
>
> An Overmind like a jellyfish, really? Wow!
>
> David Bircumshaw
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>
> ----- Original Message -----
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> To: david.bircumshaw <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2000 5:23 PM
> Subject: Re: Little doing
>
>
> > >Any opinions, deeper thoughts (mine being first impressions)
> >
> > Me, I love HD, even in her crazier moments. Her thoughts on poetic,
> > which were deeply influenced by her therapeutic work with Freud and her
> > idea of the Classics, and sometimes just plain wierd, an Overmind like a
> > jellyfish if I recall correctly. But stimulating, all the same. I
might
> > dig it out and have another look, since you reminded me.
> >
> > For me HD opens a possibility of female writing which is refreshingly
> > strong, and which opens freely on female sexuality. A fine anonymity in
> > the language. And Trilogy is a great poem, I think.
> >
> > She doesn're quite remind me of Sitwell: I situate her rather with a
> > Modernist line that runs from say Pound to Creeley.
> >
> > Best
> >
> > Alison
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