Anna Akhmatova

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Akhmatova’s life and literary career illustrate the challenges that creative intellectuals faced under the restrictions imposed by the Soviet Union’s communist regime. Her poetry is introspective and personal, with unfulfilled love and strained relationships common themes throughout her graceful compositions. Her imagery contrasts hardship and disappointment with elements of tenderness and even optimism. She also occasionally addressed political themes. Her famous “Requiem” deals with the Stalinist purges of the 1930’s.

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• Anna Akhmatova (Censorship (Ready Reference series))
• Anna Akhmatova (Cyclopedia of World Authors)
• Anna Akhmatova (Dictionary of World Biography: The 20th Century)
• Anna Akhmatova (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)

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• Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova, The (Literary Annual Reviews)
• Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova, The (Women’s Literature)
• In the Evening (Poetry)
• Poem Without a Hero (Poetry)
• Requiem (Masterplots Classics)
• Requiem (Poetry)
• We Met for the Last Time (Poetry)
• White Night (Poetry)
• English and American Poetry in the Twentieth Century (Topical Overview--Poetry)
• Explicating Poetry (Topical Overview--Poetry)
• Russian Poetry (Topical Overview--Poetry)