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"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, the finest English prose stylist of the twentieth century. As a Russian youth, Nabokov had 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. Across a gulf of over three centuries and half the globe, Shakespeare was an enormous influence on the twentieth-century Russian/American author. Nabokov uses Shakespeare and Shakespeare's works in a surprisingly wide variety of ways, from the most casual references to deep thematic links (e.g., Humbert Humbert, the narrator and protagonist of Lolita sees himself as The Tempest's Caliban). 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."--
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Machine generated contents note: -- Foreword by Brian Boyd Introduction - Shakespeare, Nabokov, and MeI."The Sun's a Thief:" Nabokov's Shakespeare Introduction Nabokov, English and English Literature Theme A Taxonomy of Nabokov's Shakespeareanisms Preview II.The Russian Works The Tragedy of Mr. Morn "Shakespeare" Translations Early Prose The Wood Sprite Glory, The Gift, Invitation to a Beheading Laughter in the Dark DespairThe English Novels III."Which is Sebastian?": What's in a (Shakespearean and Nabokovian) Name? IV.No Left Turn, or Something Rotten the State: Bend Sinister and Hamlet V.Hurricane Lolita: The Nabokovian Tempest VI.Tempest Point on the Bohemian Sea: PNIN VII.The Lunatic, the Lover and the Poet: Pale Fire and "Timon of Athens" VIII."O What a Noble Mind:": Ada and Hamlet IX.The Last NovelsTransparent Things Look at the Harlequins! X. A Miscellany of Other English Works That in Aleppo Once Eugene Onegin Speak, Memory Reviews and Notes XI.Concluding Thoughts Appendix 1 - A Quantitative Approach Works Consulted Notes Index.
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DOI:
10.5040/9781628927153
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