Anna Akhmatova: Poet and Prophet - Hardcover
A definitive biography, ten years in the making, of Russia's greatest twentieth-century woman poet recounts her aristocratic childhood in St. Petersburg, her reputation for clairvoyance, her influential innovations in the art of poetry, her abuse by Stalin, and more.
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Roberta Reeder has taught courses on Russian culture and Russian literature at Harvard and Yale.
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One of Russia's greatest poets, Akhmatova (1889-1966) was born as the curtain fell on Imperial Russia and lived to endure and write about the deprivations and horrors of the Soviet regime. A profoundly private person, Akhmatova is not an easy subject for a in-depth psychological portrait, but Reeder has done well with the material at hand, illuminating both Akhmatova and her world. Akhmatova's childhood was not a happy one, but she felt a distinct sense of destiny about her future, a prescience she possessed throughout her difficult life. Her first book of poems, Evening, was published in 1912 and Akhmatova, slender and regal, was soon at the very center of St. Petersburg's literary circle. An admirer of Pushkin, Akhmatova created emotional resonance with simple words linked in unexpected combinations. She also managed to fill her poems with the sort of dynamic psychology found in the novels of Tolstoy and Dostoevsky. Deeply patriotic, Akhmatova refused to leave her poor crushed country even after she was no longer allowed to publish, and her son was imprisoned and tortured. A woman of courage and immense spiritual strength, Akhmatova lived a life of calm dignity and integrity under a reign of terror, all the while writing poetry radiant with beauty, sorrow, and forgiveness. Donna Seaman
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- PublisherSt Martins Pr
- Publication date1994
- ISBN 10 0312112416
- ISBN 13 9780312112417
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