Boyd Vladimir Nabokov

The Russian Years
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-4008-8402-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 619 Seiten

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Boyd, Brian

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Frontmatter, pg. i
CONTENTS, pg. ix
List of Illustrations, pg. xi
Note on Dates, pg. xiii
Introduction, pg. 1
1. Liberal Strains: The Pattern of the Past, pg. 13
2. A World Awakening: St. Petersburg, 1899–1904, pg. 37
3. First Revolution and First Duma: St. Petersburg, 1904–1906, pg. 54
4. Butterflies: St. Petersburg, 1906–1910, pg. 68
5. School: St. Petersburg, 1911–1914, pg. 86
6. Lover and Poet: Petrograd, 1914–1917, pg. 110
7. Foretaste of Exile: Crimea, 1917–1919, pg. 136
8. Becoming Sirin: Cambridge, 1919–1922, pg. 161
9. Regrouping: Berlin, 1922–1923, pg. 196
10. Enter the Muse: Berlin, 1923–1925, pg. 212
11. Scenes from Emigré Life: Berlin, 1925–1926, pg. 241
12. Ideas Away: Berlin, 1927–1929, pg. 270
13. Nabokov the Writer, pg. 292
14. The Defense (Zashchita Luzhina), pg. 321
15. Negative and Positive: Berlin, 1929–1930, pg. 341
16. Bright Desk, Dark World: Berlin, 1930–1932, pg. 362
17. Distant Prospects: Berlin, 1932–1934, pg. 382
18. Translation and Transformation: Berlin, 1934–1937, pg. 408
19. On the Move: France, 1937, pg. 432
20. The Gift (Dar), pg. 447
21. Destitute: France, 1938–1939, pg. 479
22. Searching for an Exit: France, 1939–1940, pg. 503
Acknowledgments, pg. 525
Notes, pg. 533
Index, pg. 583

Über Autor(innen)

Brian Boyd is Distinguished University Professor in the Department of English at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. He is the author of the prize-winning Vladimir Nabokov: The Russian Years (Princeton 1990), Vladimir Nabokov: The American Years (Princeton 1991), and Nabokov's Ada: The Place of Consciousness. Referred to in a recent journal as "the great man of Nabokov studies," he has also edited Nabokov's English novels and autobiography for the Library of America and Nabokov's Butterflies for Beacon Press.