Fictitious Biographies : Vladimir Nabokov's English Novels / Herbert Grabes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grabes, Herbert, author.

Contributor:

Gliniars, Pamela.

Series:

Studies in American Literature

Studies in American Literature ; 25

Standardized Title:

Erfundene Biographien. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977--Criticism and interpretation.

Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (150 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2012

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2012]

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

IN PLACE OF AN INTRODUCTION

I. Truth and Fiction in Literary Biography: The Real Life of Sebastian Knight

II. FICTITIOUS BIOGRAPHY AS PARADIGM FOR THE BETTER WORLD OF ART: BEND SINISTER

III. AUTOBIOGRAPHY AS DEMONSTRATION OF "PRECISE FATE": LOLITA

IV. BIOGRAPHY AS A BALANCE BETWEEN TRAGEDY AND COMEDY: PNIN

V. THE COMBINATION OF AUTOBIOGRAPHIES AS "CORRELATED PATTERN IN THE GAME": PALE FIRE

VI. AUTOBIOGRAPHY AS THE TRIUMPH OF SUBJECTIVITY: ADA OR ARDOR: A FAMILY CHRONICLE

VII. BIOGRAPHY AS SINKING BACK INTO THE PAST: TRANSPARENT THINGS

VIII. PARODIED AUTOBIOGRAPHY AS SATIRE ON THE UNITY OF LIFE AND WORK: LOOK AT THE HARLEQUINS

SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Bibliography of works by and about V. Nabokov: pages [132]-140.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Sep 2019)

ISBN:

9783110800609

3110800608

OCLC:

913095499