Vladimir Nabokov and the Art of Painting

Vladimir Nabokov and the Art of Painting

Author: Gerard de Vries

Publisher: Amsterdam University Press

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9789053567906

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Studie van de verwijzingen naar beeldende kunst in het werk van de Russisch-Amerikaanse schrijver (1899-1977).


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Download or read book Vladimir Nabokov and the Art of Painting written by Gerard de Vries and published by Amsterdam University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studie van de verwijzingen naar beeldende kunst in het werk van de Russisch-Amerikaanse schrijver (1899-1977).


The Sublime Artist's Studio

The Sublime Artist's Studio

Author: Gavriel Shapiro

Publisher: Northwestern University Press

Published: 2009-06-02

Total Pages: 317

ISBN-13: 0810125595

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The relation of the visual arts to Vladimir Nabokov's work is the subject of this in-depth and detailed study of one of the most significant facets of this modern master's oeuvre.


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Download or read book The Sublime Artist's Studio written by Gavriel Shapiro and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-02 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The relation of the visual arts to Vladimir Nabokov's work is the subject of this in-depth and detailed study of one of the most significant facets of this modern master's oeuvre.


VN, the Life and Art of Vladimir Nabokov

VN, the Life and Art of Vladimir Nabokov

Author: Andrew Field

Publisher: Random House Value Publishing

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 458

ISBN-13:

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Leven en werk van de Amerikaanse schrijver van Russische origine Vladimir Vladimirovič Nabokov (1899-1977).


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Download or read book VN, the Life and Art of Vladimir Nabokov written by Andrew Field and published by Random House Value Publishing. This book was released on 1986 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leven en werk van de Amerikaanse schrijver van Russische origine Vladimir Vladimirovič Nabokov (1899-1977).


Escape Into Aesthetics

Escape Into Aesthetics

Author: Page Stegner

Publisher: New York, Dial P

Published: 1966

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13:

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First full-length critical study of the author of "Lolita."


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Download or read book Escape Into Aesthetics written by Page Stegner and published by New York, Dial P. This book was released on 1966 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First full-length critical study of the author of "Lolita."


Fine Lines

Fine Lines

Author: Stephen Hardwick Blackwell

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2016-01-01

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 0300194552

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This volume reproduces 154 of Russian-American novelist and entomologist Vladimir Nabokov's drawings, few of which have ever been seen in public, and presents essays by ten leading scientists and Nabokov scholars. The contributors underscore the significance of Nabokov's drawings as scientific documents, evaluate his visionary contributions to evolutionary biology and systematics, and offer insights into his unique artistic perception and creativity. Showcasing color drawings of butterflies' distinctive markings and anatomy as well, all as part of his work at the American Museum of Natural History and Harvard's Museum of Comparative Zoology.


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Download or read book Fine Lines written by Stephen Hardwick Blackwell and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume reproduces 154 of Russian-American novelist and entomologist Vladimir Nabokov's drawings, few of which have ever been seen in public, and presents essays by ten leading scientists and Nabokov scholars. The contributors underscore the significance of Nabokov's drawings as scientific documents, evaluate his visionary contributions to evolutionary biology and systematics, and offer insights into his unique artistic perception and creativity. Showcasing color drawings of butterflies' distinctive markings and anatomy as well, all as part of his work at the American Museum of Natural History and Harvard's Museum of Comparative Zoology.


Vladimir Nabokov and the Art of Play

Vladimir Nabokov and the Art of Play

Author: Thomas Karshan

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 2011-01-13

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 0199603987

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In a 1925 speech, Nabokov declared that 'everything in the world plays', including 'love, nature, the arts, and domestic puns.' Thomas Karshan draws on untranslated early writings and restricted archival material to argue that play is Nabokov's signature theme, and that his novels form one of the most sophisticated treatments of play ever achieved.


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Download or read book Vladimir Nabokov and the Art of Play written by Thomas Karshan and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2011-01-13 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a 1925 speech, Nabokov declared that 'everything in the world plays', including 'love, nature, the arts, and domestic puns.' Thomas Karshan draws on untranslated early writings and restricted archival material to argue that play is Nabokov's signature theme, and that his novels form one of the most sophisticated treatments of play ever achieved.


On Rereading

On Rereading

Author: Patricia Meyer Spacks

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 2013-11-18

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 0674267478

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After retiring from a lifetime of teaching literature, Patricia Meyer Spacks embarked on a year-long project of rereading dozens of novels: childhood favorites, fiction first encountered in young adulthood and never before revisited, books frequently reread, canonical works of literature she was supposed to have liked but didn’t, guilty pleasures (books she oughtn’t to have liked but did), and stories reread for fun vs. those read for the classroom. On Rereading records the sometimes surprising, always fascinating, results of her personal experiment. Spacks addresses a number of intriguing questions raised by the purposeful act of rereading: Why do we reread novels when, in many instances, we can remember the plot? Why, for example, do some lovers of Jane Austen’s fiction reread her novels every year (or oftener)? Why do young children love to hear the same story read aloud every night at bedtime? And why, as adults, do we return to childhood favorites such as The Hobbit, Alice in Wonderland, and the Harry Potter novels? What pleasures does rereading bring? What psychological needs does it answer? What guilt does it induce when life is short and there are so many other things to do (and so many other books to read)? Rereading, Spacks discovers, helps us to make sense of ourselves. It brings us sharply in contact with how we, like the books we reread, have both changed and remained the same.


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Download or read book On Rereading written by Patricia Meyer Spacks and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2013-11-18 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After retiring from a lifetime of teaching literature, Patricia Meyer Spacks embarked on a year-long project of rereading dozens of novels: childhood favorites, fiction first encountered in young adulthood and never before revisited, books frequently reread, canonical works of literature she was supposed to have liked but didn’t, guilty pleasures (books she oughtn’t to have liked but did), and stories reread for fun vs. those read for the classroom. On Rereading records the sometimes surprising, always fascinating, results of her personal experiment. Spacks addresses a number of intriguing questions raised by the purposeful act of rereading: Why do we reread novels when, in many instances, we can remember the plot? Why, for example, do some lovers of Jane Austen’s fiction reread her novels every year (or oftener)? Why do young children love to hear the same story read aloud every night at bedtime? And why, as adults, do we return to childhood favorites such as The Hobbit, Alice in Wonderland, and the Harry Potter novels? What pleasures does rereading bring? What psychological needs does it answer? What guilt does it induce when life is short and there are so many other things to do (and so many other books to read)? Rereading, Spacks discovers, helps us to make sense of ourselves. It brings us sharply in contact with how we, like the books we reread, have both changed and remained the same.


Nabokov at Cornell

Nabokov at Cornell

Author: Gavriel Shapiro

Publisher: Cornell University Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 9780801439094

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Table of contents


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Download or read book Nabokov at Cornell written by Gavriel Shapiro and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Table of contents


The Real Life of Sebastian Knight

The Real Life of Sebastian Knight

Author: Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov

Publisher: New Directions Publishing

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9780811217507

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Nabokov's first novel in English, one of his greatest and most overlooked, with a new Introduction by Michael Dirda.


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Download or read book The Real Life of Sebastian Knight written by Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov and published by New Directions Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nabokov's first novel in English, one of his greatest and most overlooked, with a new Introduction by Michael Dirda.


Vladimir Nabokov in Context

Vladimir Nabokov in Context

Author: David Bethea

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2018-05-24

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 1108676170

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Vladimir Nabokov, bilingual writer of dazzling masterpieces, is a phenomenon that both resists and requires contextualization. This book challenges the myth of Nabokov as a sole genius who worked in isolation from his surroundings, as it seeks to anchor his work firmly within the historical, cultural, intellectual and political contexts of the turbulent twentieth century. Vladimir Nabokov in Context maps the ever-changing sites, people, cultures and ideologies of his itinerant life which shaped the production and reception of his work. Concise and lively essays by leading scholars reveal a complex relationship of mutual influence between Nabokov's work and his environment. Appealing to a wide community of literary scholars this timely companion to Nabokov's writing offers new insights and approaches to one of the most important, and yet most elusive writers of modern literature.


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Download or read book Vladimir Nabokov in Context written by David Bethea and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-05-24 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vladimir Nabokov, bilingual writer of dazzling masterpieces, is a phenomenon that both resists and requires contextualization. This book challenges the myth of Nabokov as a sole genius who worked in isolation from his surroundings, as it seeks to anchor his work firmly within the historical, cultural, intellectual and political contexts of the turbulent twentieth century. Vladimir Nabokov in Context maps the ever-changing sites, people, cultures and ideologies of his itinerant life which shaped the production and reception of his work. Concise and lively essays by leading scholars reveal a complex relationship of mutual influence between Nabokov's work and his environment. Appealing to a wide community of literary scholars this timely companion to Nabokov's writing offers new insights and approaches to one of the most important, and yet most elusive writers of modern literature.