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Vladimir Nabokov, bilingual writer of dazzling masterpieces, is a
phenomenon that both resists and requires contextualization. This
book challenges the myth of Nabokov as a sole genius who worked in
isolation from his surroundings, as it seeks to anchor his work
firmly within the historical, cultural, intellectual and political
contexts of the turbulent twentieth century. Vladimir Nabokov in
Context maps the ever-changing sites, people, cultures and
ideologies of his itinerant life which shaped the production and
reception of his work. Concise and lively essays by leading
scholars reveal a complex relationship of mutual influence between
Nabokov's work and his environment. Appealing to a wide community
of literary scholars this timely companion to Nabokov's writing
offers new insights and approaches to one of the most important,
and yet most elusive writers of modern literature.
Vladimir Nabokov, bilingual writer of dazzling masterpieces, is a
phenomenon that both resists and requires contextualization. This
book challenges the myth of Nabokov as a sole genius who worked in
isolation from his surroundings, as it seeks to anchor his work
firmly within the historical, cultural, intellectual and political
contexts of the turbulent twentieth century. Vladimir Nabokov in
Context maps the ever-changing sites, people, cultures and
ideologies of his itinerant life which shaped the production and
reception of his work. Concise and lively essays by leading
scholars reveal a complex relationship of mutual influence between
Nabokov's work and his environment. Appealing to a wide community
of literary scholars this timely companion to Nabokov's writing
offers new insights and approaches to one of the most important,
and yet most elusive writers of modern literature.
Drawing on a wealth of unpublished archival material, this study
offers a comprehensive assessment of the importance of theatrical
performance in Vladimir Nabokov's thinking and writing. Siggy Frank
provides fresh insights into Nabokov's wider aesthetics and arrives
at new readings of his narrative fiction. As well as emphasising
the importance of theatrical performance to our understanding of
Nabokov's texts, she demonstrates that the theme of theatricality
runs through the central concerns of Nabokov's art and life: the
nature of fiction, the relationship between the author and his
fictional world, textual origin and derivation, authorial control
and textual property, literary appropriations and adaptations, and
finally the transformation of the writer himself from the Russian
emigre writer Sirin to the American novelist Nabokov.
Drawing on a wealth of unpublished archival material, this study
offers a comprehensive assessment of the importance of theatrical
performance in Vladimir Nabokov's thinking and writing. Siggy Frank
provides fresh insights into Nabokov's wider aesthetics and arrives
at new readings of his narrative fiction. As well as emphasising
the importance of theatrical performance to our understanding of
Nabokov's texts, she demonstrates that the theme of theatricality
runs through the central concerns of Nabokov's art and life: the
nature of fiction, the relationship between the author and his
fictional world, textual origin and derivation, authorial control
and textual property, literary appropriations and adaptations, and
finally the transformation of the writer himself from the Russian
emigre writer Sirin to the American novelist Nabokov.
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