Nabokov noir : cinematic culture and the art of exile. / Luke Parker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Parker, Luke, 1986- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977.

Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich.

Literature and transnationalism.

Motion pictures and literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Cornell University Press, [2022]

Summary:

Nabokov Noir places Vladimir Nabokov's early literary career--from the 1920s to the 1940s--in the context of his fascination with silent and early sound cinema and the chiaroscuro darkness and artificial brightness of the Weimar era, with its movie palaces, cultural Americanism, and surface culture.

Contents:

Nabokov Noir

Contents

Acknowledgments

Note on Transliteration and Translation

Introduction: The Cinematic Commonplace

1. The Weimar Picture Palace: From Film to Cinema in Berlin Exile (1925-1928)

2. The Man from the Movie Kingdom: Cinema Debates and Culture Theory (1925-1930)

3. A Cinematic Genius: Camera Obscura and the European Culture Industry (1931-1936)

4. America Obscura: Laughter in the Dark (1933-1940)

Coda: The Old Europe Picture Palace

Appendix: Georgy Gessen's Film Reviews for Rul' (1924-1931)

Notes

Bibliography

Index

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Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Parker, Luke Nabokov Noir

ISBN:

9781501766596

OCLC:

1329431319