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Nabokov's theatrical imagination / Siggy Frank.
Van Pelt Library PG3476.N3 Z64 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Frank, Siggy.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977--Criticism and interpretation.
- Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich.
- Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977.
- Theater in literature.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Physical Description:
- x, 217 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2012]
- Contents:
- 1 Trying theatre: Nabokov's playwriting 18
- 2 Theatre on trial: Nabokov's dramaturgy 47
- 3 Thresholds and transgressions: The Man from the USSR, The Event and Invitation to a Beheading 67
- 4 Theatre dreams: The Tragedy of Mr Morn, The Waltz Invention and Invitation to a Beheading 101
- 5 Puppets and masks: King, Queen, Knave and Despair 130
- 6 Shakespeare's ghost: The Real Life of Sebastian Knight, '"That in Aleppo Once ...'" and Bend Sinister 156
- Conclusion: performing identities 187.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781107015456
- 1107015456
- OCLC:
- 754716660
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