Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1991 Book. Very Good - Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Octavo. (8) 270 pp. First Edition, 1991. Not Price Clipped. "Not Added by University of Michigan Library" stamp on ffep. Some pencilings, else, Pristine, no wear. Some pencilings else, Pristine, no wear. Binding tight, pages bright and white. Brown cloth with black title plate and gilt lettering to spine. Acknowledgments, note on transliteration, Introduction: Nabokov's Metaphysics, Ethics, and Aesthetics; I. Speak, Memory and Other Discursive Writings; II. The Defense; III. Invitation to a Beheading; IV. The Gift; V. The Real Life of Sebastian Knight; VI. Lolita; VII. Pale Fire; Conclusion: Nabokov and the Silver Age of Russian Culture; notes, works cited, index. "A major reexamination of the novelist Vladimir Nabokov as "literary gamesman," this book systematically shows that behind his ironic manipulation of narrative and his puzzle-like treatment of detail there lies an aesthetic rooted in his intuition of a transcendent realm and in his consequent redefinition of 'nature' and 'artifice, as synonyms. Beginning with Nabokov's discursive writings, the author finds his world view centered on the experience of epiphany -- characterized by a sudden fusion of varied sensory data and memories, a feeling of timelessness, and an intuition of immortality -- which grants the true artist intimations of an 'otherworld'".

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Bookseller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 005289
Title: Nabokov's Otherworld
Author: Alexandrov, Vladimir E
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good - Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Edition: 1st Edition
ISBN 10: 0691068666
ISBN 13: 9780691068664
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Place of Publication: Princeton, NJ
Date Published: 1991
Keywords: LITERARY CRITICISM RUSSIAN-AMERICAN NOVELISTS NABOKOV VLADIMIR VLADIMIROVICH (1899-1977) CRITICISM AND INTERPRETATION
Bookseller catalogs: LITERARY CRITICISM;
Size: Octavo

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