ONE. Pan Czesław and Iosif

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter ii
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword ix
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Introduction xv
6. Abbreviations xix
7. Prologue: “A Consolatory Letter” 1
8. PART ONE. Republic of Poets
9. ONE. Pan Czesław and Iosif 11
10. TWO. Poetry, Youth, and Friendship 34
11. THREE. Friendship and the Estate of Poetry 63
12. FOUR. Women, Women Writers, and Muses 99
13. PART TWO. Fatherlands / Otherlands
14. FIVE. In the Shadow of Empire: Russia 129
15. SIX. Iosif Brodskij and Poland 173
16. SEVEN. Loneliness as Always: America 198
17. EIGHT. Poetry with a Foreign Accent 221
18. Epilogue
19. NINE. Death and Friendship 261
20. TEN. Return and Death 272
21. Notes 303
22. Bibliography 329
23. Index 344