
Fictitious Biographies
Vladimir Nabokov's English Novels
Herbert Grabes(Author)
De Gruyter Mouton (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 1. April 1977
Book
Hardback
X, 140 pages
978-90-279-3345-4 (ISBN)
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Reprint 2012
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin/Boston
Germany
Publishing group
De Gruyter
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
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Height: 236 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
392 gr
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978-90-279-3345-4 (9789027933454)
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Content
i-iv -- 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