Torpid Smoke
The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov
Published on 1. January 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
246 pages
978-90-420-0719-2 (ISBN)
Description
From the contents: Memory and dream in Nabokov's short fiction (B. Wyllie). - Nabokov's approach to the supernatural in the early stories (J.W. Connoly). - Nabokov's Christmas stories (R.H.W. Dillard). - Art and marriage in Vladimir Nabokov's Music and in Lev Tolstoy's The Kreutzer sonata (N.W. Balestrini). - How they brought the bad news to Mints: Breaking the news (S.G. Kellman). - Alone in the void: Mademoiselle O (J.E. Rivers). - Nabokov's Vasily Shishkov: an author-text interpretation (M.D. Shrayer). - Ville scripts: games of double-crossing in Vladimir Nabokov's The assistant producer (C. Moraru).
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Publishing group
Brill
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 220 mm
Width: 150 mm
Weight
431 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-420-0719-2 (9789042007192)
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Content
Foreword. Barbara WYLLIE: Memory and Dream in Nabokov's Short Fiction. Julian W. CONNOLLY: Nabokov's Approach to the Supernatural in the Early Stories. R.H.W. DILLARD: Nabokov's Christmas Stories. Nassim W. BALESTRINI: Art and Marriage in Vladimir Nabokov's Music and in Lev Tolstoy's The Kreutzer Sonata. Steven G. KELLMAN: How They Brought the Bad News to Mints: Breaking the News. J.E. RIVERS: Alone in the Void: Mademoiselle O. Maxim D. SHRAYER: Nabokov's Vasily Shishkov: An Author-Text Interpretation. Christian MORARU: Vile Scripts: Games of Double-Crossing in Vladimir Nabokov's The Assistant Producer. Victor STRANDBERG: Nabokov and the Prism of Art. Brian WALTER: A Forgotten Poet: Nabokov's Dostoyevskian Row. Irving MALIN: Reading Madly. Linda WAGNER-MARTIN: The Vane Sisters and Nabokov's Subtle and Loving Readers.