Nabokov : the mystery of literary structures /

Nabokov : the mystery of literary structures /

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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...

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Main Author: Toker, Leona
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1989.
Subjects:
Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, > 1899-1977 > Criticism and interpretation.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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