Vladimir Nabokov : : The American Years / / Brian Boyd.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
• VerfasserIn: Boyd, Brian,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2016]; ©1991
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (800 p.) :; 59 halftones

The story of Nabokov's life continues with his arrival in the United States in 1940. He found that supporting himself and his family was not easy--until the astonishing success of Lolita catapulted him to world fame and financial security.

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• List of Illustrations
• Introduction
• PART I: AMERICA
• 1. Refuge: New York and Stanford, 1940-1941
• 2. Visiting Lecturer: Wellesley and Cambridge, 1941-1942
• 3. Scientist, Writer, Teacher: Cambridge and Wellesley, 1943-1944
• 4. Permanent Impermanence: Cambridge and Wellesley, 1944-1946
• 5. Bend Sinister
• 6. Teaching Literature at Last: Cambridge and Wellesley, 1946-1948
• 7. Russian Professor: Cornell, 1948-1950
• 8. Conclusive Evidence/Speak, Memory
• 9. Teaching European Fiction: Cornell, 1950-1951
• 10. Finding Time for Lolita: Cornell and Harvard, 1951-1953
• 11. Lolita
• 12. Lolita into Print, Pnin onto Paper: Cornell, 1953-1955
• 13. Pnin
• 14. Lolita Sparks: Cornell, 1955-1957
• 15. Eugene Onegin
• 16. Lolita Explodes: Cornell and After, 1957-1959
• PART II: EUROPE
• 17. Chased by Fame: Europe, America, Europe, 1959-1961
• 18. Pale Fire
• 19. Mask and Man: Montreux, 1961-1964
• 20. Ada Stirs: Montreux, 1964- 1966
• 21. Flying High: Montreux, 1966-1968
• 22. Ada
• 23. Tidying Up: Montreux, 1968-1972
• 24. Transparent Things
• 25. Reinventing a Life: Montreux, 1972-1974
• 26. Look at the Harlequins!
• 27. Unanswered Questions: Montreux, 1974-1977
• Acknowledgments
• Abbreviations
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index