Professor Alexandra Harrington's Outputs (2)

Literary Celebrity and Late Style: Anna Akhmatova's Unfinished Cinema Scenario about Pilots and Poem Without A Hero (2017)
Journal Article
Harrington, A. (2017). Literary Celebrity and Late Style: Anna Akhmatova's Unfinished Cinema Scenario about Pilots and Poem Without A Hero. Slavonic and East European Review, 95(3), 458-503. https://doi.org/10.5699/slaveasteurorev2.95.3.0458

This article brings theoretical discussions of literary celebrity and the concept of ‘late style’ into dialogue with one another, arguing that celebrity and a concern with reputation can be significant factors in the development of late style. It exp... Read More about Literary Celebrity and Late Style: Anna Akhmatova's Unfinished Cinema Scenario about Pilots and Poem Without A Hero.

'"Golden-Mouthed Anna of All The Russias": Canon, Canonisation, and Cult' (2017)
Book Chapter
Harrington, A. (2017). '"Golden-Mouthed Anna of All The Russias": Canon, Canonisation, and Cult'. In K. Hodgson, A. Smith, & J. Shelton (Eds.), Twentieth-century Russian poetry : reinventing the canon (63-93). Open Book Publishers. https://doi.org/10.11647/obp.0076.03

This chapter argues that Akhmatova's pre-eminent status in the contemporary canon rests not only on poetic talent but on extra-literary factors and processes which have elevated her to a form of secular sainthood. It explores the role played by biogr... Read More about '"Golden-Mouthed Anna of All The Russias": Canon, Canonisation, and Cult'.