The Poetry of Anna Akhmatova: Living in Different Mirrors (Anthem Series on Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies)
Alexandra Harrington
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Hardcover. Series: Anthem Series on Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 682.
This book outlines a fresh and coherent framework for the apprehension of Akhmatova's oeuvre in its totality, seeing her as a poet who moves beyond modernism in her later period. The appeal to postmodernism, which is in itself innovatory with regard to Akhmatova studies, also allows exploration of a second problematic issue: how to account for the shift in self-presentation in the later verse, and the different concept of poetic self which it advances. This new account of Akhmatova's path to maturity challenges the conventional view of the early Akhmatova as poet in the classical Russian tradition, and of the ... Read more
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Publisher
Anthem Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Series
Anthem Series on Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843312222
SKU
V9781843312222
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Ref
99-15
About Alexandra Harrington
Alexandra Harrington is Lecturer in Russian in the School of Modern Languages and Cultures at the University of Durham. She is the author of various articles on Akhmatova and is currently working on a new monograph about the poet Vasilii Komarovskii.
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