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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Rampton, David (1950-....)
Titre(s) : Vladimir Nabokov [Texte imprimé] : a literary life / David Rampton
Publication : New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (X-214 p.) ; 23 cm
Collection : Literary lives
Lien à la collection : Literary lives
Comprend : Early Russian fiction ; Russian fiction: 1929-31 ; Major Nabokov: three Russian
masterpieces ; New beginnings ; Major Nabokov: three American masterpieces ; Late
Nabokov.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 206-209)
Vladimir Nabokov insisted that a writer's biography should concentrate on what he
called the story of a style. In his case this means not only an account of elaborate
metaphorical patterns, distinctive syntax, and arcane lexical registers, but a study
of the novels' complex human drama, the matrices of literary allusion, the play of
ambiguity and contradiction, the recurrence of scenes organized around meditations
on aesthetic objects, and his penchant for a distinctive sort of suspended conclusion.
Building on the impressive body of secondary material devoted to Nabokov's work, David
Rampton tells that story as it develops over a novelistic career that lasted more
than fifty years. He argues for a complex mix of change and continuity and concludes
that the open-endedness of so much of Nabokov's fiction, the mysteries that abide,
seem to be part of its point. The comprehensive portrait that results make this literary
life essential reading for those studying Nabokov's work and for those curious to
know more about one of the twentieth century's most compelling and provocative writers
Sujet(s) : Nabokov, Vladimir (1899-1977) -- Critique et interprétation
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780230247239. - ISBN 0230247237 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb437508110
Notice n° :
FRBNF43750811
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
