Anna Akhmatova Her Poetry

An introduction to the work of the famous Russian poet Anna Akhmatova, this book begins with an account of her life in pre-revolutionary St Petersburg and Stalinist Russia, and focuses on her poetry. It traces the way in which her work reflects the tumultuous times in which she lived, and her emergence as the spokeswoman of her generation.



This superb introduction to the work of the famous Russian poet Anna Akhmatova (1886-1966) begins with an account of her life in pre-revolutionary St. Petersburg and Stalinist Russia, and focuses principally on her poetry. Incorporating all recent scholarship, the author traces the way in which Akhmatova's work reflects the tumultuous times in which she lived, and her emergence as the spokeswoman of her generation, to provide a long overdue account of her entire career.