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Selected Poems of Anna Akhmatova - Anna Akhmatova, Judith Hemschemeyer, Roberta Reeder
Selected Poems of Anna Akhmatova
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A companion to The Complete Poems, this collection offers in a bilingual format some of the Russian poet’s most intense and lyrical moments, while retaining a preface by Roberta Reeder and accompanying notes for Judith Hemschemeyer’s translations. "We needn’t worry again about how to read... show more
A companion to The Complete Poems, this collection offers in a bilingual format some of the Russian poet’s most intense and lyrical moments, while retaining a preface by Roberta Reeder and accompanying notes for Judith Hemschemeyer’s translations. "We needn’t worry again about how to read Akhmatova in translation."—The Observer (London) "In this restrained and accurate translation ... the sense and message strike with all the weight of the original." —New York Times Book ReviewJudith Hemschemeyer began translating Akhmatova in 1976. She is a professor at the University of Central Florida, and has published several books of poetry and translations. Roberta Reeder has taught at Harvard and Yale and is the author of Akhmatova’s biography, Anna Akhmatova: Poet & Prophet.Also available by Anna AkhmatovaThe Complete Poems of Anna AkhmatovaPB $29.00, 0-939010-27-5 • CUSAA companion to The Complete Poems, this collection offers some of the Russian poet's most intense and lyrical moments in bilingual format, while retaining a preface by Roberta Reeder and accompanying notes for Judith Hemschemeyer's translations. "We needn't worry again about how to read Akhmatova in translation." -The Observer (London) "In this restrained and accurate translation ... the sense and message strike with all the weight of the original." -New York Times Book Review
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9780939010615 (0939010615)
Publisher: Zephyr Press
Pages no: 298
Edition language: English
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Garden-of-Stars
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3.0 Selected Poems
I was warned that Akmatova's poetry was quite an experience. I have relatives who strongly dislike her for the more contemporary way in which she wrote, while a professor of mine praised her highly. I found her work to be quite heavy. Now, some poetry manages to pick the reader up and make them get ...
Bettie's Books
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5.0 Selected Poems by Anna Akhmatova, D.M. Thomas
bookshelves: spring-2015, poetry Recommended to Bettie☯ by: Natasha's Dance Read from May 30 to 31, 2015 by Nathan AltmanThe poems here: http://www.poemhunter.com/anna-akhmat...Silent flows the river DonA yellow moon looks quietly onSwanking about, with cap askewIt sees through the window a s...
Edward
Edward rated it
5.0 Selected Poems
AcknowledgementsForewordIntroductionfrom Evening--'The pillow hot ...'--Reading Hamlet--Evening Room--'I have written down the words ...'--'Memory of sun seeps from the heart ...'--Song of the Last Meeting--'He loved three things alone ...'--Imitation of Annensky--'I came here in idleness ...'--Whit...
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5.0 Selected Poems (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin)
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