Nabokov's dream diary, published for the first time--and placed in biographical and literary context
On October 14th, 1964, Vladimir Nabokov, a lifelong insomniac, began a curious experiment. Over the next eighty days, immediately upon waking, he wrote down his dreams, following the instructions he found in An Experiment with Time by the British philosopher John Dunne. The purpose was to test the theory that time may go in reverse, so that, paradoxically, a later event may generate an earlier dream. The result--published here for the first time--is a fascinating diary in which Nabokov recorded sixty-four dreams (and subsequent daytime episodes) on 118 index cards, which afford a rare glimpse of the artist at his most private. More than an odd biographical footnote, the experiment grew out of Nabokov's passionate interest in the mystery of time, which influenced many of his novels, including the late masterpiece Ada.
Insomniac Dreams, edited by leading Nabokov authority Gennady Barabtarlo, presents the text of Nabokov's dream experiment, illustrated with a selection of his original index cards, and provides rich annotations and analysis that put them in the context of his life and writings. The book also includes previously unpublished records of Nabokov's dreams from his letters and notebooks and shows important connections between his fiction and private writings on dreams and time.
Автор: J. E. Rivers, Charles Nicol Название: Nabokov`s Fifth Arc: Nabokov and Others on His Life`s Work ISBN: 1477302867 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781477302866 Издательство: Marston Book Services Цена: 5146.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This volume both explores and symbolizes Nabokov`s continuing life in literary history.
Автор: Boyd Brian Название: Stalking Nabokov ISBN: 0231158572 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780231158572 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 4752.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: In this book, Brian Boyd surveys Vladimir Nabokov`s life, career, and legacy; his art, science, and thought; his subtle humor and puzzle-like storytelling; his complex psychological portraits; and his inheritance from, reworking of, and affinities with Shakespeare, Pushkin, Tolstoy, and Machado de Assis. Boyd also offers new ways of reading Lolita, Pale Fire, Ada or Ardor, and the unparalleled autobiography, Speak, Memory, disclosing otherwise unknown information about the author`s world. Sharing his personal reflections as he recounts the adventures, hardships, and revelations of researching Nabokov`s life? oeuvre?, he cautions against using Nabokov`s metaphysics as the key to unlocking all of the enigmatic author`s secrets. Assessing and appreciating Nabokov as novelist, memoirist, poet, translator, scientist, and individual, Boyd helps us understand more than ever Nabokov`s multifaceted genius.
Автор: Brian Boyd, Marijeta Bozovic Название: Nabokov Upside Down ISBN: 0810134527 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780810134522 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 15048.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: Nabokov Upside Down brings together essays that explicitly diverge from conventional topics and points of reference when interpreting a writer whose influence on contemporary literature is unrivaled. Scholars from around the world here read Nabokov in terms of bodies rather than minds, belly-laughs rather than erudite wit, servants rather than master-artists, or Asian rather than Western perspectives. The first part of the volume is dedicated to surveys of Nabokov’s oeuvre that transform some longheld assumptions concerning the nature of and significance of his work. Often thought of as among the most cerebral of artists, Nabokov comes across in these essays as profoundly aware of the physical world, as evidenced by his masterly representation of physical movement, his bawdy humor, and his attention to gustatory pleasure, among other aspects of his writing. The volume’s second half focuses on individual works or phases in Nabokov’s career, noting connections among them as well as to other fields of inquiry beyond literature. Engaged in conversation with each other and, in his editorial comments, with Brian Boyd, the essays in this volume show Nabokov scholarship continuing to renew itself.
Abbreviations for Titles of Nabokov's Works and Biography
Introduction
Nabokov's Morality Play
Michael Rodgers and Susan Elizabeth Sweeney
Responsible Reading
1
"And So the Password Is-?" Nabokov and the Ethics of Rereading
Tom Whalen
2
Nabokov and Dostoevsky: Good Writer, Bad Reader?
Julian Connolly
3
The Will to Disempower? Nabokov and His Readers
Michael Rodgers
Good and Evil
4
Nabokov's God; God's Nabokov
Samuel Schuman
5
By Trial and Terror
Gennady Barabtarlo
6
The Aesthetics of Moral Contradiction in Some Early Nabokov Novels
David Rampton
Agency and Altruism
7
Loving and Giving in Nabokov's The Gift
Jacqueline Hamrit
8
Kinbote's Heroism
Laurence Piercy
The Ethics of Representation
9
Whether Judgments, Sentences, and Executions Satisfy the Moral Sense in Nabokov
Susan Elizabeth Sweeney
10
The Art of Morality, or on Lolita
Leland de la Durantaye
11
"Obnoxious Preoccupation with Sex Organs" The Ethics and Aesthetics of Representing Sex
Elspeth Jajdelska
12
Modern Mimesis
Michael Wood
Notes on Contributors
Index
Автор: Trousdale Rachel Название: Nabokov, Rushdie, and the Transnational Imagination ISBN: 1137346744 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781137346742 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 5589.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Using Vladimir Nabokov and Salman Rushdie`s work, this study argues that transnational fiction refuses the simple oppositions of postcolonial theory and suggests the possibility of an inclusive global literature.
Автор: Edited By David Beth Название: Vladimir nabokov in context ISBN: 1107108640 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107108646 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 14573.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Indispensable for understanding the historical, cultural and intellectual contexts of Nabokov`s work for students of English, American and Russian literary and cultural studies. This book is also essential reading for established scholars wanting to keep up with the new approaches and methodologies in Nabokov studies which this collection showcases.
Автор: Rodgers Название: Nabokov and the Question of Morality ISBN: 113759666X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781137596666 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 12577.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The first collection to address the vexing issue of Nabokov’s moral stances, this book argues that he designed his novels and stories as open-ended ethical problems for readers to confront. In a dozen new essays, international Nabokov scholars tackle those problems directly while addressing such questions as whether Nabokov was a bad reader, how he defined evil, if he believed in God, and how he constructed fictional works that led readers to become aware of their own moral positions. In order to elucidate his engagement with aesthetics, metaphysics, and ethics, Nabokov and the Question of Morality explores specific concepts in the volume’s four sections: “Responsible Reading,” “Good and Evil,” “Agency and Altruism,” and “The Ethics of Representation.” By bringing together fresh insights from leading Nabokovians and emerging scholars, this book establishes new interdisciplinary contexts for Nabokov studies and generates lively readings of works from his entire career.
Автор: Leving Yuri Название: The Goalkeeper: The Nabokov Almanac ISBN: 1618118307 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781618118301 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 5960.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A new scholarly almanac devoted to the art of Vladimir Nabokov. This inaugural collection features contributions from two dozen leading Nabokov scholars worldwide, including academic articles, roundtable discussions, interviews, archival materials; the Kyoto Nabokov conference report, and book reviews.
Автор: Davies Robin H. Название: The European Nabokov Web, Classicism and T.S. Eliot ISBN: 193623565X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781936235650 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 12415.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Demonstrates that Nabokov`s Pale Fire has a classical unity and represents a direct attack on T.S. Eliot`s philosophical position, particularly as given in The Waste Land and as represented by Eliot`s later tendency for conservatism in literature, politics and religion. Davies places Pale Fire in its vast European context, forming a bridge between Russian and European literature.
Описание: Using Vladimir Nabokov as its ""case study"", this volume approaches translation as a crucial avenue into literary history and theory, philosophy and interpretation. The book attempts to bring together issues in translation and the shift in Nabokov studies from its earlier emphasis on the ""metaliterary"" to the more recent ""metaphysical"" approach.
Автор: Rampton Название: Vladimir Nabokov ISBN: 0521276713 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521276719 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 5386.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A provocative and stimulating revaluation of Nabokov that will interest any serious student of twentieth-century literature.
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