Poem Without a Hero

by Akhmatova, Anna; Mayhew, Lenore; McNaughton, William

• ISBN13: 9780932440501
• ISBN10: 0932440509
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1989-07-01
• Publisher: Oberlin College Pr

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 7
From Evening	p. 29
From Rosary	p. 33
From White Flock	p. 43
From Plantain	p. 57
Requiem	p. 75
From Reed	p. 93
Miscellaneous Poems 1940-1942	p. 97
Poem Without a Hero	p. 103
Miscellaneous Poems 1943-1946	p. 151
Miscellaneous Poems 1957-1964	p. 173
Notes to The Introduction	p. 181
Notes on The Poems	p. 183
About The Translators	p. 195
Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved.