Vladimir Nabokov : : Poetry and the Lyric Voice / / Paul D. Morris.

Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977), the eminent Russian-American writer and intellectual, is best known for his novels, though he was also the author of plays, poems, and short stories. In this important new work, Paul D. Morris offers a comprehensive reading of Nabokov's Russian and English poetry,...

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Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2017]
©2010
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (474 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations: Primary Sources
  • Preface: Nabokov's Poetry: Seeing the Unseen
  • 1. Introduction: Locating Nabokov's Poetry
  • 2. Reading Nabokov's Reception: Nabokov, Poetry, and the Critics
  • 3. Nabokov's Lyric Voice: The Poetry of This World and Another
  • 4. Staged Lyricism: The Play of Poetry and Dream-Logic in Nabokov's Drama
  • 5. Nabokov and the Short Story: The Lyric Heights of a Small Alpine Form
  • 6. Lyricism and the Novel: Nabokov's Gift for Prose
  • 7. A Novel Snatched from the Sun: Nabokov's Pale Fire
  • Conclusion: In Place of an Ending
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index