Fountain House in Anna Akhmatova’s life and oeuvre Cover Image

Фонтанный дом в жизни и творчестве Анны Ахматовой
Fountain House in Anna Akhmatova’s life and oeuvre

Author(s): Irina Fedorczuk
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
Keywords: A. Akhmatova; Fountain House; “Poem without a Hero”; “Enuma Elish”

Summary/Abstract: The article is devoted to the Sheremetev Palace at 34 Fontanka River Embankment in Saint Petersburg, nicknamed Fountain House, in which the poetess lived for almost 35 years. Here Akhmatova began writing her “Poem without a Hero”, the drama of Enum Elish. Many of her poems and her prose are connected with this house. Fountain House became the most important location in her creative activity.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 9
  • Page Range: 155-179
  • Page Count: 25
  • Language: Russian