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Thoughts About Poem Without A Hero: Liminality by Don Mager 2
The Year 1913, or Poem Without a Hero, And Flip Side 15
Introduction 19
Dedication 21
I 23
II 31
III 39
Aftermath 43
Flip Side (Intermezzo) 43
Epilogue 51
The Year 1913, Or Poem Without a Hero Triptych 1940-1945. Composed by Anna
Akhmatova 55
In Place of an Introduction 59
First Dedication 61
A Later Dedication 63
Introduction 65
First Part: The Year 1913 67
I 69
II 81
III 87
Aftermath 91
Second Part: Flip Side 93
Third Part: Epilogue 103
Notes 113
Poem Without A Hero, Triptych, Work by Anna Akhmatova, Leningrad—Tashkent—
Moscow 1956 115
In Place of an Introduction 119
First Dedication 123
A Later Dedication 123
First Part: The Year One Thousand Nineteen Thirteen A Tale of Petersburg 127 Introduction 129
I 131
II 141
III 153
Aftermath 159
Second Part: Flip Side 161
Third Part: Epilogue 175
Notes 185
POEM WITHOUT A HERO TRIPTYCH 1940—1965 191
In Place of an Introduction 195
Dedication 199
A Later Dedication 201
Third and Last 203
Introduction 205
First Part: The Year Nineteen Thirteen: A Tale of Petersburg 207
First Chapter 207
Second Chapter 225
Third Chapter 235
Fourth and Final Chapter 239
Aftermath 243
Second Part: Intermezzo: Flip Side 245
Third Part: Epilogue 259
The Editor’s Notes 267
Stanzas, not included in Poem Without a Hero 271
Three Poems Written to the Poema 282
“And your travels bring you fame . . .” 283
“To The Poema” 283
“After 23 Years” 285
From the Ballet “The Fortieth Year” 287
PROSE ABOUT THE POEMA: PRO DOMO MEA 311
Letter to N. N. 313
That Death-Vanquishing Word: Akhmatova’s Intertextuality by Don Mager 410
“The Eight Libretti: Representational Problems in The Ballet “The Fortieth Year””
By Don Mager 429
“The Night Before Christmas” by Aleksei Skaldin 446
Works Cited 448
Index 451
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