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Vladimir Nabokov and the Art of Moral Acts / Dana Dragunoiu.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dragunoiu, Dana, author.
- Series:
- Studies in Russian literature and theory.
- Studies in Russian Literature and Theory Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977--Criticism and interpretation.
- Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich.
- Ethics in literature.
- Free will and determinism in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxi, 264 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- "The book advances an original and provocative argument about the formation, career, and legacies of Vladimir Nabokov, for whom artistic and moral acts served as testaments to free will"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Where Nature Ends and Art Begins: Courtesy, Love, Pity
- Courtoisie: Une Élégance Morale
- The Duel of Honor: Nabokov, Pushkin, Kant
- Hospitality and the Cosmopolitan Ideal: Nabokov, Pushkin, Shakespeare
- The Art of Lying: Nabokov, Tolstoy, Botkin
- The End of Courtesy, the End of Art: Nabokov and Proust
- Epilogue. Van, Gawain, and Kant's Green Iris.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8101-4401-8
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