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Author : Samuel Schuman
Publisher : Boston : G. K. Hall
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Authors, American
ISBN : UOM:39015009319032
Author : Bright Summaries
Publisher : BrightSummaries.com
Page : 25 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2016-10-12
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9782806279606
Unlock the more straightforward side of Lolita with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!This engaging summary presents an analysis of Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov, which is the enthralling and disturbing tale of Humbert, a man in his forties, who falls in love with a young girl, soon becoming her stepfather and taking advantage of this position to pursue a vastly unsettling romance with her and fulfil his illicit desires. Lolita is regarded as one of the prime achievements in 20th century literature, though also among the most controversial, and its assimilation into popular culture is such that the name ‘Lolita’ has been used to imply that a young girl is sexually precocious. Nabokov has achieved international prominence, and has been a finalist for the American National Book Award for Fiction seven times. Find out everything you need to know about Lolita in a fraction of the time! This in-depth and informative reading guide brings you: · A complete plot summary · Character studies · Key themes and symbols · Questions for further reflection Why choose BrightSummaries.com? Available in print and digital format, our publications are designed to accompany you in your reading journey. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time. See the very best of literature in a whole new light with BrightSummaries.com!
Author : Vladimir E. Alexandrov
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 848 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-22
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781136601576
First published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : I︠U︡riĭ Leving
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 534 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : LITERARY CRITICISM
ISBN : 1618117041
Yuri Leving's Keys to "The Gift": A Guide to Vladimir Nabokov's Novel is a new systematization of the main available data on Nabokov's most complex Russian novel, The Gift (1934-1939). From notes in Nabokov's private correspondence to scholarly articles accumulated during the seventy years since the novel's first appearance in print, the work draws from a broad spectrum of existing material in a succinct and coherent way, as well as providing innovative analyses. The first part of the monograph, "The Novel," outlines the basic properties of The Gift (plot, characters, style, and motifs) and reconstructs its internal chronology. The second part, "The Text," describes the creation of the novel and the history of its publication, public and critical reaction, challenges of the English translation, and post-Soviet reception. Along with annotations to all five chapters of The Gift, the commentary provides insight into problems of paleography, featuring unique textological analysis of the novel based on the author's study of the archival copy of the manuscript. --From publisher's description.
Author : Neil Cornwell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1013 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013-12-02
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781134260706
First Published in 1998. This volume will surely be regarded as the standard guide to Russian literature for some considerable time to come... It is therefore confidently recommended for addition to reference libraries, be they academic or public.
Author : Neil Cornwell,University Prof of Russian and Comparative Literature Neil Cornwell
Publisher : Northcote House Pub Limited
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780746308684
Vladimir Nabokov's extraordinary literary career, as a master of Russian and English prose, is unique. Acclaimed in the limited Russian emigre world, under the name of Sirin, Nabokov switched to writing in English and settled in America, a refugee from Hitler's Europe. Exile, memory, lost love and the magic of childhood are among his themes. Neil Cornwell's study, published for the Nabokov centenary, examines five of Nabokov's major novels, plus his short stories and critical writings, situating his work against the ever-expanding mass of VN scholarship, and noting his cultural debt to Russia, Europe, America and the British Isles.
Author : Bright Summaries
Publisher : BrightSummaries.com
Page : 19 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2019-05-20
Category : Study Aids
ISBN : 9782808019460
Unlock the more straightforward side of Pnin with this concise and insightful summary and analysis! This engaging summary presents an analysis of Pnin by Vladimir Nabokov. The novel’s titular character is Professor Timofey Pnin, a Russian émigré who teaches Russian language and literature at the fictional Waindell College in the USA. He is frequently bewildered by the unfamiliar language and customs of his adopted country, is a perennial outsider at the college, and often finds himself troubled by the dark episodes of his past. The novel showcases the linguistic inventiveness for which Nabokov is known, and is a comical but poignant exploration of exile and outsiderdom. It was Nabokov’s fourth English-language novel, and helped to cement his reputation as one of the most important and innovative writers of the 20th century. Find out everything you need to know about Pnin in a fraction of the time! This in-depth and informative reading guide brings you: • A complete plot summary • Character studies • Key themes and symbols • Questions for further reflection Why choose BrightSummaries.com? Available in print and digital format, our publications are designed to accompany you on your reading journey. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time. See the very best of literature in a whole new light with BrightSummaries.com!
Author : Barbara Wyllie
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2010-04-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781861897282
Best known for his deeply controversial 1955 novel, Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977) is celebrated as one of the most distinctive literary stylists of the twentieth century. In Vladimir Nabokov, Barbara Wyllie presents a comprehensive account of the life and works of the writer, from his childhood and earliest stories in pre-revolutionary Russia, to The Original of Laura—a novel written almost entirely on index cards published for the first time in 2009, perhaps against Nabokov’s wishes. This literary biography investigates the author’s poetry and prose, in both Russian and English, and examines the relationship between Nabokov’s extraordinary erudition and the themes that recur throughout his works. His expertise as a specialist in butterflies complemented his wide knowledge of Russian and Western European culture, philosophy, and history, and informed the themes of transformation and transcendence that dominate his work. Wyllie traces his lifelong preoccupations with time, memory, and mortality across both his Russian and English works, and she illuminates his distinctive through detailed analysis of his major novels. Wyllie assesses his poetry and prose style alongside Nabokov’s own autobiography, letters, and critical writings—as well as the only recently-published The Original of Laura—in order to create a complete and updated picture of the writer in the context of his works. Vladimir Nabokov presents a fascinating portrait of one of the twentieth century’s most eclectic, prolific, and controversial authors. It is an essential read for fans of Nabokov and scholars of twentieth century English and Russian literature.
Author : Carl R. Proffer
Publisher : Ann Arbor, Mich. : Ardis
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Authors, American
ISBN : UCSC:32106001605796
Author : Bright Summaries
Publisher : BrightSummaries.com
Page : 19 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2019-05-20
Category : Study Aids
ISBN : 9782808019743
Unlock the more straightforward side of Pale Fire with this concise and insightful summary and analysis! This engaging summary presents an analysis of Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov. The book takes its name from a 999-line poem by the celebrated American poet John Shade, which is accompanied by a lengthy commentary by his editor Charles Kinbote. After Shade’s untimely death, Kinbote contrives to secure the rights to edit the poem from his widow, but much of the commentary that follows is focused on his own preoccupations and paranoia, particularly with regard to his homeland of Zembla. The resulting work is a brilliant piece of metafiction which showcases Nabokov’s mastery of style and form and leaves the reader continually unsure of Kinbote’s true identity and relationship to John Shade. Find out everything you need to know about Pale Fire in a fraction of the time! This in-depth and informative reading guide brings you: • A complete plot summary • Character studies • Key themes and symbols • Questions for further reflection Why choose BrightSummaries.com? Available in print and digital format, our publications are designed to accompany you on your reading journey. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time. See the very best of literature in a whole new light with BrightSummaries.com!
Author : Julian W. Connolly
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : STANFORD:36105124116042
"Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita is one of the most fascinating and controversial novels of the twentieth century. This book seeks to guide readers through the intricacies of Nabokov's work and to help them achieve a better understanding of his rich artistic design. Chapters include an analysis of the novel, a discussion of its precursors in Nabokov's work and in world literature, an essay on the character of Dolly Haze (Humbert's "Lolita"). and a commentary on the critical and cultural afterlife of the novel. The volume concludes with an annotated bibliography of selected critical reading. The guide should prove illuminating both for first-time readers of Lolita and for experienced re-readers of Nabokov's text." --Book Jacket.
Author : Samuel Schuman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2014-07-31
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781628921519
Nabokov's Shakespeare is a comprehensive study of an important and interesting literary relationship. It explores the many and deep ways in which the works of Shakespeare, the greatest writer of the English language, penetrate the novels of Vladimir Nabokov, one of the finest English prose stylists of the twentieth century. As a Russian youth, Nabokov read all of Shakespeare, in English. He claimed a shared birthday with the Bard, and some of his most highly regarded novels (Lolita, Pale Fire and Ada) are infused with Shakespeare and Shakespeareanisms. Nabokov uses Shakespeare and Shakespeare's works in a surprisingly wide variety of ways, from the most casual references to deep thematic links. Schuman provides a taxonomy of Nabokov's Shakespeareanisms; a quantitative analysis of Shakespeare in Nabokov; an examination of Nabokov's Russian works, his early English novels, the non-novelistic writings (poetry, criticism, stories), Nabokov's major works, and his final novels; and a discussion of the nature of literary relationships and influence. With a Foreword by Brian Boyd.
Author : Vladimir Nabokov
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1990-03-17
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780679726098
In this collection of interviews, articles, and editorials, Nabokov ranges over his life, art, education, politics, literature, movies, and modern times, among other subjects. Strong Opinions offers his trenchant, witty, and always engaging views on everything from the Russian Revolution to the correct pronunciation of Lolita.
Author : M. Glynn
Publisher : Springer
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781137109071
Glynn provides a new reading of Vladimir Nabokov s work by seeking to challenge the notion that he was a Symbolist writer concerned with a transcendent reality. Glynn argues that Nabokov s epistemology was in fact anti-Symbolist and that this aligned him with both Bergsonism and Russian Formalism, which intellectual systems were themselves hostile to a Symbolist epistemology. Symbolism may be seen to devalue material reality by presenting it as a mere adumbration of a higher realm. Nabokov, however, valued the immediate material world and was creatively engaged by the tendency of the deluded mind to efface that reality.
Author : Vladimir Nabokov
Publisher : HMH
Page : 627 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2012-09-06
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780544106550
“Wonderful, compulsively readable, delicious” personal correspondences, spanning decades in the life and literary career of the author of Lolita (The Washington Post Book World). An icon of twentieth-century literature, Vladimir Nabokov was a novelist, poet, and playwright, whose personal life was a fascinating story in itself. This collection of more than four hundred letters chronicles the author’s career, recording his struggles in the publishing world, the battles over Lolita, and his relationship with his wife, among other subjects, and gives a surprising look at the personality behind the creator of such classics as Pale Fire and Pnin. “Dip in anywhere, and delight follows.” —John Updike