“A Flash of Consciousness in the Unconsciousness of Days”: Anna Akhmatova’s Prophetic Gift
Journal: Quaestio Rossica
Year: 2024

This study focuses on From Sketches (1959), a little-known poem of Anna Akhmatova’s later work that has received no literary commentary. The fragment fits into some of the poet’s known poetic and prose predictions and is also correlated with the image of Cassandra that accompanied Akhmatova throughout her creative life. Referring to some of the poet’s memoirs and autobiographical prose, as well as to materials from the author’s notebooks, it is possible to discover some overlaps that indicate, o