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Melodrama, Feeling, and Emotion in the Early Poetry of Anna Akhmatova

Harrington, A.K.

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This article investigates the ways in which Akhmatova's early love poetry combines features of melodrama with others that suggest its rejection. It argues that a consideration of the poetry's relationship with melodrama furnishes insights into how the peculiar emotional intensity of some key lyrics is created, challenging the prevalent association of Akhmatova with tragedy, and offering a means of exploring some of the problems which arise in situating Akhmatova in relation to modernism. It demonstrates, through close readings of selected early lyric poems, that Akhmatova combines melodramatic expression with modernist impersonality to create a paradoxical, restrained melodrama.

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Harrington, A. (2013). Melodrama, Feeling, and Emotion in the Early Poetry of Anna Akhmatova. Modern Language Review, 108(1), 241-273. https://doi.org/10.5699/modelangrevi.108.1.0241

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Jan 1, 2013
Deposit Date Mar 26, 2012
Publicly Available Date Jun 19, 2019
Journal Modern Language Review
Print ISSN 0026-7937
Publisher Modern Humanities Research Association (MHRA)
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 108
Issue 1
Pages 241-273
DOI https://doi.org/10.5699/modelangrevi.108.1.0241
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1478661

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