Anna Akhmatova: Her Poetry

by David Wells (Author), David Wells (Author)

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  Paperback
  1996

  $41.31

  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.