The Cambridge Companion to Nabokov
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- Editor: Julian W. Connolly, University of Virginia
- Date Published: June 2006
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The Cambridge Companion to Nabokov provides a concise introduction to the creative world of one of the twentieth century's most important writers. Fourteen individual essays cover such topics as Nabokov's storytelling techniques, his achievements as a short story writer, his evolution as a novelist, his relationship to the literary currents of his day, his world-view, and his lasting artistic legacy, particularly through Lolita, his most famous and controversial work. The volume also contains a chronology of his life and a guide to further reading.
Read more- An accessible and comprehensive guide to Nabokov and his work
- Provides access to the latest scholarly thinking on Lolita and Nabokov's world view
- Features the world's most renowned experts on Nabokov's works
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"The breadth of these essays--some have titles as expansive as 'Nabokov's Worldview'--does not negatively impact their depth. Though the Cambridge Companion does not always break through the density of Nabokov's art, these scholars to describe its complexity exquisitely." - Review of Contemporary Fiction Theodore Louis McDermott
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- Date Published: June 2006
- format: Adobe eBook Reader
- isbn: 9780511221910
- availability: This ISBN is for an eBook version which is distributed on our behalf by a third party.
Table of Contents
Chronology
Introduction: the many faces of Vladimir Nabokov Julian W. Connolly
Part I. Contexts:
1. Strong opinions and nerve points: Nabokov's life and art Zoran Kuzmanovich
2. Nabokov as storyteller Brian Boyd
3. Nabokov as a Russian writer Alexander Dolinin
4. 'By some sleight of land': how Nabokov rewrote America Susan Elizabeth Sweeney
5. Nabokov and modernism John Burt Foster, Jr.
Part II. Works:
6. Nabokov as poet Barry Scherr
7. Nabokov's short fiction Priscilla Meyer
8. The major Russian novels Julian W. Connolly
9. From Sirin to Nabokov: the transition to English Neil Cornwell
10. Nabokov's biographical impulse: art of writing lives Galya Diment
11. The Lolita phenomenon from Paris to Tehran Ellen Pifer
12. Nabokov's late fiction Michael Wood
Part III. Related Worlds:
13. Nabokov and cinema Barbara Wyllie
14. Nabokov's world view Leona Toker
A guide to further reading.
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