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Stalking Nabokov : selected essays / Brian Boyd.
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- ISBN: 9780231158565 (cloth : acid-free paper)
- ISBN: 9780231530293 (e-book)
- Physical Description: xvi, 452 p. ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: New York : Columbia University Press, 2011.
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| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 423-436) and index. |
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| Subject: | Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977 > Criticism and interpretation. |
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Table of Contents
Stalking Nabokov
| Section | Section Description | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| Acknowledgments | p. ix | |
| List of Abbreviations | p. xi | |
| Introduction | p. xiii | |
| Nabokov: The Writer's Life and the Life Writer | ||
| 1 | A Centennial Toast (1999) | p. 3 |
| 2 | A Biographer's Life (2001) | p. 8 |
| 3 | Who Is "My Nabokov"? (2007) | p. 19 |
| Nabokov's Manuscripts and Books | ||
| 4 | The Nabokov Biography and the Nabokov Archive (1992) | p. 25 |
| 5 | From the Nabokov Archive: Nabokov's Literary Legacy (2009) | p. 40 |
| Nabokov's Metaphysics | ||
| 6 | Retrospects and Prospects (2001) | p. 57 |
| 7 | Nabokov's Afterlife (2002) | p. 66 |
| Nabokov's Butterflies | ||
| 8 | Nabokov, Literature, Lepidoptera (2000) | p. 73 |
| 9 | Netting Nabokov: Review of Dieter E. Zimmer, A Guide to Nabokov's Butterflies and Moths, 2001 (2001) | p. 100 |
| Nabokov as Psychologist | ||
| 10 | The Psychological Work of Fictional Play (2010) | p. 109 |
| Nabokov and the Origins and Ends of Stories | ||
| 11 | Stacks of Stories, Stories of Stacks (2010) | p. 123 |
| Nabokov as Writer | ||
| 12 | Nabokov's Humor (1996) | p. 145 |
| 13 | Nabokov as Storyteller (2002) | p. 157 |
| 14 | Nabokov's Transition from Russian to English: Repudiation or Evolution? (2007) | p. 176 |
| Nabokov and Others | ||
| 15 | Nabokov, Pushkin, Shakespeare: Genius, Generosity, and Gratitude in The Gift and Pale Fire (1999) | p. 203 |
| 16 | Nabokov as Verse Translator: Introduction to Verses and Versions (2008) | p. 214 |
| 17 | Tolstoy and Nabokov (1993) | p. 229 |
| 18 | Nabokov and Machado de Assis (2009) | p. 248 |
| Nabokov Works | ||
| 19 | Speak, Memory: The Life and the Art (1990) | p. 265 |
| 20 | Speak, Memory: Nabokov, Mother, and Lovers: The Weave of the Magic Carpet (1999) | p. 276 |
| 21 | Lolita: Scene and Unseen (2006) | p. 288 |
| 22 | Even Homais Nods: Nabokov's Fallibility; Or, How to Revise Lolita (1995) | p. 297 |
| 23 | Literature, Pattern, Lolita; Or, Art, Literature, Science (2008) | p. 320 |
| 24 | "Pale Fire": Poem and Pattern (2010) | p. 336 |
| 25 | Ada: The Bog and the Garden; Or, Straw, Fluff, and Peat: Sources and Places in Ada (2004) | p. 360 |
| 26 | A Book Burner Recants: The Original of Laura (2010) | p. 385 |
| Notes | p. 397 | |
| Bibliography | p. 423 | |
| Index | p. 437 |
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