UID:
almahu_9947382393202882
Umfang:
1 online resource (262 pages)
ISBN:
9781501707049
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1501707043
Inhalt:
Vladimir Nabokov described the literature course he taught at Cornell as "a kind of detective investigation of the mystery of literary structures." Leona Toker here pursues a similar investigation of the enigmatic structures of Nabokov's own fiction. According to Toker, most previous critics stressed either Nabokov's concern with form or the humanistic side of his works, but rarely if ever the two together. In sensitive and revealing readings of ten novels, Toker demonstrates that the need to reconcile the human element with aesthetic or metaphysical pursuits is a constant theme of Nabokov's and that the tension between technique and content is itself a key to his fiction. Written with verve and precision, Toker's book begins with Pnin and follows the circular pattern that is one of her subject's own favored devices.
Anmerkung:
Includes index.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Preface --
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Abbreviations --
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1. Introduction --
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2. Pnin: The Quest That Overrides the Goal --
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3. Mary: "Without Any Passport" --
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4. King, Queen, Knave, or Lust under the Linden --
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5. The Defense: Secret Asymmetries --
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6. Glory: "Good Example of How Metaphysics Can Fool You" --
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7. Laughter in the Dark: Guinea Pigs and Galley Slaves --
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8 . Invitation to a Beheading: "Nameless Existence, Intangible Substance" --
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9. The Gift: Models of Infinity --
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10. Bend Sinister: The "Inner" Problem --
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11. "Reader! Bruder!": Broodings on the Rhetoric of Lolita --
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12 . Conclusion --
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Bibliography of Works Cited --
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Index
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In English.
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780801422119
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0801422116
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781501707223
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 1501707221
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Amerikanistik
Schlagwort(e):
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
DOI:
10.7591/9781501707049
URL:
https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501707049
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