Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Preface VII
4. Introduction 1
5. I. The Early Petersburg Love Poems 11
6. II. The Historical City in Transition 51
7. III. The Terror and the War 83
8. IV. The Postwar City 113
9. V. Poem Without a Hero 143
10. The Second Petersburg: Conclusion 191
11. Selected Bibliography 203
12. Index of Names and Subjects 208
13. Index of Poems by Akhmatova 213