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Oxford University Press, Incorporated, Oxford
Between Two Fires examines the transnational movement of poetry during the Cold War, revealing patterns of influence previously uncharted. Cover -- Between Two Fires: Transnationalism and Cold War Poetry -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Acknowledgments...
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Between Two Fires examines the transnational movement of poetry during the Cold War, revealing patterns of influence previously uncharted. Cover -- Between Two Fires: Transnationalism and Cold War Poetry -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1: Across the Iron Curtain -- 1.1 HANDOVER IN THE CAR PARK -- 1.2 THE LIMITS OF WORLD LITERATURE -- 1.3 TRANSNATIONAL TRAVEL -- 1.4 THE EDGE OF ENGLISH -- 1.5 WAYS THROUGH THE CURTAIN -- 1.6 BEYOND THE MIRRORS -- 1.7 TWO POEMS -- 2: Translations of the Other World -- 2.1 IN A MEADOW -- 2.2 THE RADICALS' JOURNEY -- 2.3 A QUESTION OF MOTIVES -- 2.4 A COMPROMISE? -- 2.5 A CRITICISM? -- 2.6 A PROXY? -- 2.7 LYRIC SUBTERFUGE -- 2.8 THE SPACE BETWEEN -- 3: Arrival in English -- 3.1 TOTAL AND UNFOOLED REALISM -- 3.2 A TRIP TO PRAGUE -- 3.3 HALFWAY TO TRANSLATION -- 3.4 AT IDLEWILD -- 3.5 SPY CRAFT -- 3.6 A COFFEE WITH FERLINGHETTI -- 4: Poetry in a Cold World -- 4.1 THREE WORLDS, ALL COLD -- 4.2 A COD AT THE DOOR -- 4.3 BRODSKY'S EYES -- 4.4 GINSBERG FINDS HIMSELF IN PRAGUE -- 4.5 A THEORY FOR WALCOTT -- 4.6 SEAMUS HEANEY'S ROOTS . . . -- 4.7 . . . AND HIS ROUTES -- 4.8 POETRY OF PROXY -- 4.9 LYRIC AFTERLIFE -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
