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BETWEEN TWO FIRES
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Between Two Fires
Transnationalism and Cold War Poetry
JUSTIN QUINN
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Acknowledgments
The following individuals, from far and wide, helped hugely when I was
writing this book. Some provided information, a draft, or PDF; others
encouragement and questions. It is a pleasure to acknowledge them
here: Rebekah Bloyd, Petr Borkovec, Carmen Bugan, Stephen Burt, Jan
Čermák, David Constantine, Robert Crowe, Christina Davis, Lubomír
Dorůžka, Petr Eliáš, Sylva Fischerová, Stuart Friebert, David Grosser,
Jacek Gutorow, Dana Hábová, Petr Halmay, Brian Henry, Martin
Hilský, Radovan Holub, Michal Huvar, Josef Jařab, Jerzy Jarniewicz,
Maria Johnston, Robert Kiely, Ivan Klíma, Petr Kopecký, Kirsten
Lodge, Greg Londe, Peter McDonald, Mariana Machová, Martin
Machovec, Silvie Marinovová, Alistair Noon, Dennis O’Driscoll, Petr
Onufer, Ondřej Pilný, Terezie Pokorná, Martin Pokorný, Robert Potts,
GeraldPower,MartinProcházka,MarkétaPrunarová,EvanRail,J.Jesse
Ramírez, John Redmond, Christopher Reid, Ivo Říha, Ondřej Skovajsa,
Matthew Sweney, Pavel Theiner, Daniela Theinová, Elena Tkacheva,
Matouš Turek, Ladislav Vít, Paul Wilson, Michelle Woods, William
Wootten, Marie Zábranová, Andrew Zawacki, and Jan Zelenka. My
gratitudealsogoestoKimRichardsonforhiscopy-editing.
Therewasasmallergroupofpeoplewhoreadoneormorechaptersof
the book, at various stages in its writing. My debt to them is great: Neil
Corcoran, Stephan Delbos, Brian Goodman, Romana Huk, Magdalena
Kay,JahanRamazani,MichaelŠpirit,JanŠulc,andDavidWheatley.My
wife,TerezaLímanová,fundamentallyaffectedtheoverallstructureofthe
argument at every turn. Jacqueline Baker, at Oxford University Press,
deftly helped me make the transition from an earlier, different book
proposaltothepresentwork;Iamverygratefultoherforthis.
IwishtothankMarieZábranováandTorstPublishingforpermission
toreproduceJanZábrana’spoemsintheirentirety.
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Contents
Introduction 1
1. AcrosstheIronCurtain 10
1.1 Handoverinthecarpark 10
1.2 ThelimitsofWorldLiterature 13
1.3 Transnationaltravel 21
1.4 TheedgeofEnglish 26
1.5 Waysthroughthecurtain 31
1.6 Beyondthemirrors 55
1.7 Twopoems 57
2. TranslationsoftheOtherWorld:Zhdanov,Zábrana,
McGrath,Rolfe,Ginsberg 62
2.1 Inameadow 62
2.2 Theradicals’journey 66
2.3 Aquestionofmotives 69
2.4 Acompromise? 70
2.5 Acriticism? 77
2.6 Aproxy? 85
2.7 Lyricsubterfuge 88
2.8 Thespacebetween 96
3. ArrivalinEnglish:Lowell,Ferlinghetti,Ginsberg,Holub 98
3.1 Totalandunfooledrealism 98
3.2 AtriptoPrague 107
3.3 Halfwaytotranslation 111
3.4 AtIdlewild 122
3.5 Spycraft 131
3.6 AcoffeewithFerlinghetti 139
4. PoetryinaColdWorld:Brodsky,Walcott,Ginsberg,
Said,Heaney 143
4.1 Threeworlds,allcold 143
4.2 Acodatthedoor 146
4.3 Brodsky’seyes 152
4.4 GinsbergfindshimselfinPrague 162
4.5 AtheoryforWalcott 170
