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A major reexamination of the novelist Vladimir Nabokov as "literary gamesman," this book systematically shows that behind his ironic manipulation of narrative and his puzzle-like treatment of detail there lies an aesthetic rooted in his intuition of a transcendent realm and in his consequent redefinition of "nature" and "artifice" as synonyms. Begi



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*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Acknowledgments, pg. ix*Note on Transliteration, pg. xi*INTRODUCTION: Nabokov's Metaphysics, Ethics, and Aesthetics, pg. 3*CHAPTER ONE: Speak, Memory and Other Discursive Writings, pg. 23*CHAPTER TWO: The Defense, pg. 58*CHAPTER THREE: Invitation to a Beheading, pg. 84*CHAPTER FOUR: The Gift, pg. 108*CHAPTER FIVE: The Real Life of Sebastian Knight, pg. 137*CHAPTER SIX: Lolita, pg. 160*CHAPTER SEVEN: Pale Fire, pg. 187*CONCLUSION: Nabokov and the Silver Age of Russian Culture, pg. 213*Notes, pg. 235*Works Cited, pg. 257*Index, pg. 267

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 7/14/2014 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780691602424, 978-0691602424
      ISBN10: 0691602425
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A major reexamination of the novelist Vladimir Nabokov as "literary gamesman," this book systematically shows that behind his ironic manipulation of narrative and his puzzle-like treatment of detail there lies an aesthetic rooted in his intuition of a transcendent realm and in his consequent redefinition of "nature" and "artifice" as synonyms. Begi



      Trade Review
      One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1991

      Table of Contents
      *FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Acknowledgments, pg. ix*Note on Transliteration, pg. xi*INTRODUCTION: Nabokov's Metaphysics, Ethics, and Aesthetics, pg. 3*CHAPTER ONE: Speak, Memory and Other Discursive Writings, pg. 23*CHAPTER TWO: The Defense, pg. 58*CHAPTER THREE: Invitation to a Beheading, pg. 84*CHAPTER FOUR: The Gift, pg. 108*CHAPTER FIVE: The Real Life of Sebastian Knight, pg. 137*CHAPTER SIX: Lolita, pg. 160*CHAPTER SEVEN: Pale Fire, pg. 187*CONCLUSION: Nabokov and the Silver Age of Russian Culture, pg. 213*Notes, pg. 235*Works Cited, pg. 257*Index, pg. 267

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