Research Catalog

Title

Vladimir Nabokov / Neil Cornwell.

Author

Cornwell, Neil.

Publication

Plymouth [England] : Northcote House in association with the British Council, 1999.

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Additional Authors

British Council.

Description

xvii, 142 pages : illustrations; 22 cm.

Summary

"Vladimir Nabokov's extraordinary literary career, as a master of Russian and English prose, is unique. Acclaimed in the limited Russian emigre world, under the name of Sirin, Nabokov switched to writing in English and settled in America, a refugee from Hitler's Europe. Exile, memory, lost love and the magic of childhood are among his themes. Neil Cornwell's study, published for the Nabokov centenary, examines five of Nabokov's major novels, plus his short stories and critical writings, situating his work against the ever-expanding mass of VN scholarship, and noting his cultural debt to Russia, Europe, America and the British Isles."--Jacket.

Series Statement

Writers and their work

Uniform Title

Writers and their work.

Subject

• Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977 > Criticism and interpretation
• Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977 > Critique et interprétation
• Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977
• Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovič 1899-1977
• Nabokov, Vladimir, 1899-1977
• Nabokov, Vladimir V
• 1890-1900
• 1900-2000
• 18.53 Russian literature
• 18.06 Anglo-American literature

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-139) and index.

Contents

1. Introduction: A VN Survey -- 2. VN: The Critic -- 3. VN: Grand Master of the Short Story -- 4. VN: The Russian Novelist -- Mary to The Gift -- 5. The Lolita Phenomenon -- 6. 'Pale Fire'/Pale Fire -- 7. Ardor in Ardis: Ada -- 8. Looking at the Harlequins.

ISBN

• 074630868X
• 9780746308684

LCCN

99235277

OCLC

• ocm40611209
• 40611209

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries