Brodsky in Great Britain

[David Powelstock]

[Psst: I don't think Boris likes Brodsky.] 

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From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list [mailto:SEELANGS at BAMA.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Boris Dagaev
Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 5:04 PM
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However painful it is for her to agree with Craig Raine et al, Polukhina should have kept a wide berth of criticism. Instead, she pushes ridiculously vacuous (supposedly uplifting?) justifications: "[Он] находился в состоянии постоянного изумления перед английским языком. И как преданный слуга языка, он нес свое бремя смиренно и гордо, упрямо и благородно." ("[On] nahodilsja v sostojanii postojannogo izumlenija pered anglijskim jazykom. I kak predannyj sluga jazyka, on nes svoe bremja smirenno i gordo, uprjamo i
blagorodno.") Had Brodsky's trademark forced humility, boundless stubbornness and affected nobleness run a little longer, he would've become another McGonagall. She should humbly thank God Brodsky didn't live as long.

Boris

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