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Akhmatova, Anna - änˈnə əkhmäˈtəvə, pseud. of Anna Andreyevna Gorenkoəndrāˈəvnə gôryĕngˈkô, 1888–1966, Russian poet of the Acmeist school. Her brief lyrics, simply and musically written in the tradition of Pushkin, attained great popularity. Her themes were personal

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In a Shattered Mirror: The Later Poetry of Anna Akhmatova » Read Now
by Susan Amert. 276 pgs.

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Poem without a Hero and Selected Poems » Read Now
by Anna Akhmatova, Lenore Mayhew, William McNaughton. 200 pgs.

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Akhmatova was unquestionably one of the great poets of the 20th century. These exquisite translations convey the subtle beauties and daring associations of a poet whose long life proved poetry's capacity for survival and subversive resistance to tyranny.
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Anna Akhmatova: The Stalin Years, in New England Review » Read Now
by Roberta Reeder. 21 pgs.

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...Roberta Reeder Anna Akhmatova: The Stalin Years . . . But there is...world, than the poets prophetic word . -- Anna Akhmatova For a long time now Anna Akhmatova has been...
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Women and Russian Culture: Projections and Self- Perceptions (Chap. 7 "The Art of Suggesting More: Akhmatova and the Diaphoric Manner") » Read Now
by Rosalind Marsh. 300 pgs.

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This collection of essays by leading western and Russian specialists contains new insights and updates previous research into the role of women in Russian culture in the 19th and 20th centuries.
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Soviet Russian Literature, 1917-50 ("Pasternak and Akhmatova" begins on p. 311) » Read Now
by Gleb Struve. 414 pgs.

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Russian Talk: Culture and Conversation during Perestroika ("Akhmatova and the Art of Loss" begins on p. 142) » Read Now
by Nancy Ries. 226 pgs.

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Early Soviet Writers (1958) ("Anna Akhmatova (Pseudonym of Anna Andreyevna Gorenko, 1888-)" begins on p. 46) » Read Now
by Vyacheslav Zavalishin. 394 pgs.

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...Twelve" and "The Scythians," Anna Akhmatova "Courage," and Sergei Yesenin...2. THE ACMEISTS Gumilyov, Anna Akhmatova, Mandelshtam, Others 41...exponents of Acmeism--...
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The "Telling" Image: Ecphrasis in Russian Acmeist Verse, in Mosaic (Winnipeg) » Read Now
by Maria Rubins. 20 pgs.

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...most prominent female Acmeists, Anna Akhmatova (1889-1966) and Irina Odoevtseva...petrification. In The Poetry of Anna Akhmatova: A Conquest of Time and Space...are from...
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"Enemies of the People": Poetry and Politics in the Time of Stalin, in Social Education » Read Now
by David Morse. 11 pgs.

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...Union attacked the Russian poet Anna Akhmatova by stating...victims of the Purges did survive. Anna Akhmatova appears to have survived with...References Reader, Roberta...
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A Reader's Guide to Fifty Modern European Poets ("Anna Akhmatova (1889-1966)" begins on p. 197) » Read Now
by John Pilling. 479 pgs.

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