Insomniac Dreams : : Experiments with Time by Vladimir Nabokov / / Vladimir Nabokov; ed. by Gennady Barabtarlo.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
• VerfasserIn: Nabokov, Vladimir,
• HerausgeberIn: Barabtarlo, Gennady,
• TeilnehmendeR: Barabtarlo, Gennady.
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2017]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (224 p.) :; 23 halftones.

Nabokov's dream diary, published for the first time-and placed in biographical and literary contextOn October 14, 1964, Vladimir Nabokov, a lifelong insomniac, began a curious experiment. Over the next eighty days, immediately upon waking, he wrote down his dreams, following the instructions he found in An Experiment with Time by the British philosopher John Dunne. The purpose was to test the theory that time may go in reverse, so that, paradoxically, a later event may generate an earlier dream. The result-published here for the first time-is a fascinating diary in which Nabokov recorded sixty-four dreams (and subsequent daytime episodes) on 118 index cards, which afford a rare glimpse of the artist at his most private. More than an odd biographical footnote, the experiment grew out of Nabokov's passionate interest in the mystery of time, which influenced many of his novels, including the late masterpiece Ada.Insomniac Dreams, edited by leading Nabokov authority Gennady Barabtarlo, presents the text of Nabokov's dream experiment, illustrated with a selection of his original index cards, and provides rich annotations and analysis that put them in the context of his life and writings. The book also includes previously unpublished records of Nabokov's dreams from his letters and notebooks and shows important connections between his fiction and private writings on dreams and time.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Chronic condition -- Dre amer's log -- The Art of Dreaming -- Artistic Time -- Permissions Acknowledgments -- Nabokov Works Cited -- Select Bibliography -- Name Index -- Index of Nabokov Titles