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Language: English

Subjects: American Studies , Slavic Studies

Keywords: 1899-1977 Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovič

DOI: 10.7591/9781501707049

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Format: XIV, 243 S.

Edition: 1. publ.

ISBN: 9781501707049

Note: Erscheint als Open Access bei De Gruyter

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als ISBN 978-0-8014-2211-9

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als ISBN 978-1-5017-0722-3

Language: English

Subjects: American Studies , Slavic Studies

Keywords: Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovič 1899-1977

DOI: 10.7591/9781501707049

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Content: 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.

Note: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Preface -- , Abbreviations -- , 1. Introduction -- , 2. Pnin: The Quest That Overrides the Goal -- , 3. Mary: "Without Any Passport" -- , 4. King, Queen, Knave, or Lust under the Linden -- , 5. The Defense: Secret Asymmetries -- , 6. Glory: "Good Example of How Metaphysics Can Fool You" -- , 7. Laughter in the Dark: Guinea Pigs and Galley Slaves -- , 8 . Invitation to a Beheading: "Nameless Existence, Intangible Substance" -- , 9. The Gift: Models of Infinity -- , 10. Bend Sinister: The "Inner" Problem -- , 11. "Reader! Bruder!": Broodings on the Rhetoric of Lolita -- , 12 . Conclusion -- , Bibliography of Works Cited -- , Index , In English.

Language: English

DOI: 10.7591/9781501707049

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Format: XIV, 243 S.

Edition: 1. publ.

ISBN: 978-1-5017-0704-9

Note: Erscheint als Open Access bei De Gruyter

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als ISBN 978-0-8014-2211-9

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als ISBN 978-1-5017-0722-3

Language: English

Subjects: American Studies , Slavic Studies

Keywords: 1899-1977 Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovič

DOI: 10.7591/9781501707049

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Format: 1 online resource (262 pages)

ISBN: 1-5017-0704-3

Content: 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.

Note: Includes index. , Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Preface -- , Abbreviations -- , 1. Introduction -- , 2. Pnin: The Quest That Overrides the Goal -- , 3. Mary: "Without Any Passport" -- , 4. King, Queen, Knave, or Lust under the Linden -- , 5. The Defense: Secret Asymmetries -- , 6. Glory: "Good Example of How Metaphysics Can Fool You" -- , 7. Laughter in the Dark: Guinea Pigs and Galley Slaves -- , 8 . Invitation to a Beheading: "Nameless Existence, Intangible Substance" -- , 9. The Gift: Models of Infinity -- , 10. Bend Sinister: The "Inner" Problem -- , 11. "Reader! Bruder!": Broodings on the Rhetoric of Lolita -- , 12 . Conclusion -- , Bibliography of Works Cited -- , Index , In English.

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-8014-2211-6

Additional Edition: ISBN 1-5017-0722-1

Language: English

Keywords: Electronic books. ; Electronic books.

DOI: 10.7591/9781501707049

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Format: 1 online resource

ISBN: 9781501707049

Content: 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.

Note: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Preface -- , Abbreviations -- , 1. Introduction -- , 2. Pnin: The Quest That Overrides the Goal -- , 3. Mary: "Without Any Passport" -- , 4. King, Queen, Knave, or Lust under the Linden -- , 5. The Defense: Secret Asymmetries -- , 6. Glory: "Good Example of How Metaphysics Can Fool You" -- , 7. Laughter in the Dark: Guinea Pigs and Galley Slaves -- , 8 . Invitation to a Beheading: "Nameless Existence, Intangible Substance" -- , 9. The Gift: Models of Infinity -- , 10. Bend Sinister: The "Inner" Problem -- , 11. "Reader! Bruder!": Broodings on the Rhetoric of Lolita -- , 12 . Conclusion -- , Bibliography of Works Cited -- , Index , In English.

Language: English

DOI: 10.7591/9781501707049

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Format: 1 Online-Ressource (XIV, 243 Seiten)

ISBN: 9780801422119 , 1501707043 , 9781501707049 , 9781501707223 , 1501707221

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Content: 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

Note: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Pnin: The Quest That Overrides the Goal -- 3. Mary: "Without Any Passport" -- 4. King, Queen, Knave, or Lust under the Linden -- 5. The Defense: Secret Asymmetries -- 6. Glory: "Good Example of How Metaphysics Can Fool You" -- 7. Laughter in the Dark: Guinea Pigs and Galley Slaves -- 8 . Invitation to a Beheading: "Nameless Existence, Intangible Substance" -- 9. The Gift: Models of Infinity -- 10. Bend Sinister: The "Inner" Problem -- 11. "Reader! Bruder!": Broodings on the Rhetoric of Lolita -- 12 . Conclusion -- Bibliography of Works Cited -- Index

Additional Edition: ISBN 9781501707223

Additional Edition: ISBN 0801422116

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Toker, Leona Nabokov Ithaca : Cornell Univ. Pr., 1989 ISBN 9781501707223

Additional Edition: ISBN 0801422116

Language: English

Subjects: American Studies

Keywords: Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovič 1899-1977

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Format: 1 online resource (262 pages)

ISBN: 1-5017-0704-3

Content: 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.

Note: Includes index. , Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Preface -- , Abbreviations -- , 1. Introduction -- , 2. Pnin: The Quest That Overrides the Goal -- , 3. Mary: "Without Any Passport" -- , 4. King, Queen, Knave, or Lust under the Linden -- , 5. The Defense: Secret Asymmetries -- , 6. Glory: "Good Example of How Metaphysics Can Fool You" -- , 7. Laughter in the Dark: Guinea Pigs and Galley Slaves -- , 8 . Invitation to a Beheading: "Nameless Existence, Intangible Substance" -- , 9. The Gift: Models of Infinity -- , 10. Bend Sinister: The "Inner" Problem -- , 11. "Reader! Bruder!": Broodings on the Rhetoric of Lolita -- , 12 . Conclusion -- , Bibliography of Works Cited -- , Index , In English.

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-8014-2211-6

Additional Edition: ISBN 1-5017-0722-1

Language: English

Keywords: Electronic books.

DOI: 10.7591/9781501707049

UID:

Format: 1 online resource (262 pages)

ISBN: 1-5017-0704-3

Content: 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.

Note: Includes index. , Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Preface -- , Abbreviations -- , 1. Introduction -- , 2. Pnin: The Quest That Overrides the Goal -- , 3. Mary: "Without Any Passport" -- , 4. King, Queen, Knave, or Lust under the Linden -- , 5. The Defense: Secret Asymmetries -- , 6. Glory: "Good Example of How Metaphysics Can Fool You" -- , 7. Laughter in the Dark: Guinea Pigs and Galley Slaves -- , 8 . Invitation to a Beheading: "Nameless Existence, Intangible Substance" -- , 9. The Gift: Models of Infinity -- , 10. Bend Sinister: The "Inner" Problem -- , 11. "Reader! Bruder!": Broodings on the Rhetoric of Lolita -- , 12 . Conclusion -- , Bibliography of Works Cited -- , Index , In English.

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-8014-2211-6

Additional Edition: ISBN 1-5017-0722-1

Language: English

Keywords: Electronic books.

DOI: 10.7591/9781501707049