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Literary Celebrity and Late Style: Anna Akhmatova's Unfinished Cinema Scenario about Pilots and Poem Without A Hero

Harrington, Alexandra

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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 explores this possibility through an examination of Akhmatova's unfinished cinema scenario about pilots which situates it in relation to her other late texts (especially Poem Without a Hero and the memoir of Modigliani). It demonstrates that the scenario can be understood as an expression of Akhmatova's anxieties, as she approached the end of her life, about the cost of celebrity and her reputation in posterity.

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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

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Aug 16, 2016
Online Publication Date Jul 14, 2017
Publication Date Jul 14, 2017
Deposit Date Aug 16, 2016
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Slavonic and East European Review
Print ISSN 0037-6795
Electronic ISSN 2222-4327
Publisher Modern Humanities Research Association (MHRA)
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 95
Issue 3
Pages 458-503
DOI https://doi.org/10.5699/slaveasteurorev2.95.3.0458

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