Vladimir Nabokov's Bilingual Poetry : The Mirror of Self-Translation / Maria Emeliyanova.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Emeliyanova, Maria, author.

Series:

Literature and Cultural Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2026.

Studies in Slavic Literature and Poetics ; 72.

Literature and Cultural Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2026

Studies in Slavic Literature and Poetics ; 72

Language:

English

Russian

Subjects (All):

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

Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich.

Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977--Poetic works.

Comparative Studies & World Literature.

Literature and Cultural Studies.

Genre:

Literary criticism

Physical Description:

1 online resource (230 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

The Mirror of Self-Translation

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2026.

Language Note:

English and Russian

Summary:

Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977), author of such bestselling novels as Lolita and Pale Fire , was also an extraordinarily prolific poet, a poetry translator, and a self- translator. Yet, the intersection of these activities – Nabokov’s endeavour as a self- translator of poetry – remains largely unexplored to this day. This book represents the very first exhaustive analysis of the poems Nabokov self-translated for his novels, short stories, and poetry collections. The results of this study shed completely new light on Nabokov’s lifelong involvement with poetry and its translation by introducing self-translated poetry as an interlingual poetic space where the intricate connections between poetry, memory, and bilingualism can be solved.

Contents:

List of Figures and Tables

Abbreviations

Note on Transliteration

Introduction

Part 1 Nabokov’s Fictional Poets

1 A Fissure in Time: Poetry as a Moral Art

2 The Gift : The Poetry of Fyodor Godunov-Cherdyntsev

1 “ Stikhi ”

2 “Beyond the Skyline of the Page:” Fyodor’s Poetry after “Stikhi”

3 Intertextuality and Poetry: Giving Fyodor’s Russian Muses an English Voice

3 Lolita : A Maniac’s “Masterpieces”

1 Quotation and Parody

2 Humbert’s “Original” Verses

Part 2 Poems and Problems

4 Introduction: A Self-Translator’s Doubts

5 Matter or Manner?

1 When Matter Is Manner

2 Poetic Measure

3 Rhyme and Sound

4 Paraphrase vs. Equilinearity

5 Narrative Mechanisms

6 Vocabulary

6 Cultural References, Intertextuality, and Footnotes

Concluding Remarks

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-74884-9

OCLC:

1564638042

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004748842 DOI