tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5721093420878741420.post6043652612090648283..comments2023-10-14T09:01:17.653-07:00Comments on The Flaxen Wave: A Stream without a Main Current? On Russian Poetry after BrodskyJamie Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17524484538967246768noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5721093420878741420.post-28481070711466348882010-06-01T12:45:07.685-07:002010-06-01T12:45:07.685-07:00Thank you for including that snippet of poetry, Ja...Thank you for including that snippet of poetry, Jamie. I know it sounds trite, but I still find it difficult to comprehend that Brodsky died so young.Lisa C. Haydenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10139281544357167953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5721093420878741420.post-90394802484515813472010-05-26T22:11:45.610-07:002010-05-26T22:11:45.610-07:00Brodsky did indeed come out with some strange locu...Brodsky did indeed come out with some strange locutions in his self-translations and poems written in English, but I consider some of his later English stuff more or less successful. Not brilliant, perhaps, but not bad.<br /><br />As for the Manov page, funny stuff! Quite clever how he lifts bits and pieces from Brodsky's poems and interviews, not to mention cliches about the poet, to weave his tale.Jamie Olsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17524484538967246768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5721093420878741420.post-4683172890562133922010-05-26T16:47:18.936-07:002010-05-26T16:47:18.936-07:00I didn't know that about the estate forbidding...I didn't know that about the estate forbidding translations -- how ridiculous, especially since the available translations are by and large so lousy (particularly those by Brodsky himself, who had a completely unjustified confidence in his own feel for English poetic diction).<br /><br />At any rate, if you find you've overindulged in touching reminiscences of the Master, you can cleanse your palate with <a href="http://alik-manov.livejournal.com/410841.html" rel="nofollow">this hilarious takeoff</a> by Alik Manov.Languagehathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13285708503881129380noreply@blogger.com