Notes on Prosody and Abram Gannibal / / Vladimir Nabokov.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979
• VerfasserIn: Nabokov, Vladimir,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]; ©1965
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Bollingen Series (General) ; 200
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (192 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Author's Note --; Notes on prosody --; 1. Prosodies --; 2. Feet --; 3. The Scud --; 4. Tilted Scuds --; 5. Spondees --; 6. Elisions --; 7. The Origination of Metrical Verse in Russia --; 8. Difference in Modulation --; 9. Examples of Modulations --; 10. Counts of Modulations in Eugene Onegin --; 11. Other Meters and Rhythms --; 12. Differences in Use of Meter --; 13. Rhyme --; Index --; Abraham Gannibal --; Foreword --; Pushkin's Comments Published During His Lifetime --; Pushkin's Ancestors --; The Documents --; Dates of Abram Gannibal's Birth and Death --; Gannibal's Origin --; Gannibal's Birthplace --; Gannibal's Sister --; Gannibal's Parentage --; Gannibal's Enslavement --; Gannibal in Turkey --; Gannibal and Raguzinski --; Gannibal's First Years in Russia (1706-16) --; Gannibal in Western Europe (1716-23) --; Gannibal and Annibal --; Gannibal's Later Years in Russia (1723-81) --; Conclusions --; Works Consulted --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781400875924; 9783110426847; 9783110413533; 9783110442496
• DOI: 10.1515/9781400875924
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Vladimir Nabokov.

Two appendixes from Nabokov's famous edition of Eugene Onegin: his study of versification in English and Russian poetry, and his "term paper" on Pushkin's Ethiopian ancestor.Originally published in 1965.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.