Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents xi
3. 1. Secrets of the Craft 1
4. 2. Akhmatova's Song of the Motherland: The Framing Texts of Requiem 30
5. 3. "Prehistory": A Russian Creation Myth 60
6. 4. The Poet's Lot in Poem Without a Hero 93
7. 5. The Poet's Transfigurations in The Sweetbrier Blooms 131
8. 6. The Design of Memory 165
9. Notes 199
10. Bibliography 247
11. Index 265