Michael Wood:The Magician's Doubts : Nabokov and the Risks of Fiction by Michael Wood
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As a child in Russia, Vladimir Nabokov enjoyed conjuring: "I loved doing simple tricks--turning water into wine, that kind of thing." In this engrossing book Michael Wood explores the ble… More...
As a child in Russia, Vladimir Nabokov enjoyed conjuring: "I loved doing simple tricks--turning water into wine, that kind of thing." In this engrossing book Michael Wood explores the blend of arrogance and mischief that makes Nabokov such a fascinating and elusive master of fiction. Wood argues that Nabokov is neither the aesthete he liked to pretend to be nor the heavy-handed moralist recent critics make him. Major works like "Pnin, Lolita, Pale Fire" and "Ada" appear in a new light, but there are also chapters on earlier works, like "the Real Life of Sebastian Knight"; on selected short stories; and on the translation of "Eugene Onegin," as well as detailed discussions of Nabokov's ideas of literature, memory, pity, and pain.The book comes fully to terms with Nabokov's blend of playfulness and seriousness, delving into the real delight of reading him and the odd disquiet that lurks beneath that pleasure. Wood's speculations spin outward to illuminate the ambiguities and aspirations of the modern novel, and to raise the question of how we uncover "the author" in a work, without falling into the obvious biographical traps. "The Magician's Doubts" slices through the dustier conventions of criticism and never loses sight of the emotional and sensual pleasure of reading. Media > Book, [PU: Princeton University Press]<
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Wood, Michael and Vladimir V. Nabokov:The magician's doubts. Nabokov and the risks of fiction. Von Michael Wood.
- hardcover 1994, ISBN: 0691006326
[EAN: 9780691006321], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [SC: 11.56], [PU: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press], LITERATURWISSENSCHAFT; AMERIKANISTIK, Jacket, VIII, 252 S. Umschlag lei… More...
[EAN: 9780691006321], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [SC: 11.56], [PU: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press], LITERATURWISSENSCHAFT; AMERIKANISTIK, Jacket, VIII, 252 S. Umschlag leicht berieben, sonst gutes Exemplar. - Englisch. - INHALT : Preface: Tricks of Loss -- Deaths of the Author -- Lost Souls: The Real Life of Sebastian Knight -- The Cruelty of Chance: Bend Sinister, 'Signs and Symbols', 'The Vane Sisters' -- The World Without Us: Speak, Memory -- The Language of Lolita -- The Poem of the Past: Eugene Onegin -- Pnin's Revenge -- The Demons of our Pity: Pale Fire -- Happy Families: Ada -- Epilogue: the History of Pain. // Vladimir Nabokov (* 10.jul. / 22. April 1899 greg. in Sankt Petersburg, Russisches Kaiserreich; 2. Juli 1977 in Montreux, Schweiz) war ein russisch-amerikanischer Schriftsteller, Literaturwissenschaftler und Schmetterlingsforscher. Er zählt zu den einflussreichsten Erzählern des 20. Jahrhunderts. . (wiki) ISBN 9780691006321 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550 Fadengehefteter Originalpappband mit Schutzumschlag., Books<
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Wood, Michael and Vladimir V. Nabokov:The magician's doubts. Nabokov and the risks of fiction. Von Michael Wood.
- hardcover 1994, ISBN: 0691006326
[EAN: 9780691006321], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [SC: 4.0], [PU: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press], LITERATURWISSENSCHAFT; AMERIKANISTIK, Jacket, VIII, 252 S. Umschlag leich… More...
[EAN: 9780691006321], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [SC: 4.0], [PU: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press], LITERATURWISSENSCHAFT; AMERIKANISTIK, Jacket, VIII, 252 S. Umschlag leicht berieben, sonst gutes Exemplar. - Englisch. - INHALT : Preface: Tricks of Loss -- Deaths of the Author -- Lost Souls: The Real Life of Sebastian Knight -- The Cruelty of Chance: Bend Sinister, 'Signs and Symbols', 'The Vane Sisters' -- The World Without Us: Speak, Memory -- The Language of Lolita -- The Poem of the Past: Eugene Onegin -- Pnin's Revenge -- The Demons of our Pity: Pale Fire -- Happy Families: Ada -- Epilogue: the History of Pain. // Vladimir Nabokov (* 10.jul. / 22. April 1899 greg. in Sankt Petersburg, Russisches Kaiserreich; 2. Juli 1977 in Montreux, Schweiz) war ein russisch-amerikanischer Schriftsteller, Literaturwissenschaftler und Schmetterlingsforscher. Er zählt zu den einflussreichsten Erzählern des 20. Jahrhunderts. . (wiki) ISBN 9780691006321 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550 Fadengehefteter Originalpappband mit Schutzumschlag., Books<
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[EAN: 9780691006321], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press], LITERATURWISSENSCHAFT; AMERIKANISTIK, Jacket, VIII, 252 S. Umschlag leicht berieben, sonst gutes Exemplar. - Englisch. - INHALT : Preface: Tricks of Loss -- Deaths of the Author -- Lost Souls: The Real Life of Sebastian Knight -- The Cruelty of Chance: Bend Sinister, 'Signs and Symbols', 'The Vane Sisters' -- The World Without Us: Speak, Memory -- The Language of Lolita -- The Poem of the Past: Eugene Onegin -- Pnin's Revenge -- The Demons of our Pity: Pale Fire -- Happy Families: Ada -- Epilogue: the History of Pain. // Vladimir Nabokov (* 10.jul. / 22. April 1899 greg. in Sankt Petersburg, Russisches Kaiserreich; 2. Juli 1977 in Montreux, Schweiz) war ein russisch-amerikanischer Schriftsteller, Literaturwissenschaftler und Schmetterlingsforscher. Er zählt zu den einflussreichsten Erzählern des 20. Jahrhunderts. . (wiki) ISBN 9780691006321 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550 Fadengehefteter Originalpappband mit Schutzumschlag., Books<
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Wood, Michael and Vladimir V. Nabokov:The magician's doubts. Nabokov and the risks of fiction. Von Michael Wood.
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Umschlag leicht berieben, sonst gutes Exemplar. - Englisch. - INHALT : … More...
[PU: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press], VIII, 252 S. Fadengehefteter Originalpappband mit Schutzumschlag.
Umschlag leicht berieben, sonst gutes Exemplar. - Englisch. - INHALT : Preface: Tricks of Loss -- Deaths of the Author -- Lost Souls: The Real Life of Sebastian Knight -- The Cruelty of Chance: Bend Sinister, 'Signs and Symbols', 'The Vane Sisters' -- The World Without Us: Speak, Memory -- The Language of Lolita -- The Poem of the Past: Eugene Onegin -- Pnin's Revenge -- The Demons of our Pity: Pale Fire -- Happy Families: Ada -- Epilogue: the History of Pain. // Vladimir Nabokov (* 10.jul. / 22. April 1899 greg. in Sankt Petersburg, Russisches Kaiserreich; † 2. Juli 1977 in Montreux, Schweiz) war ein russisch-amerikanischer Schriftsteller, Literaturwissenschaftler und Schmetterlingsforscher. Er zählt zu den einflussreichsten Erzählern des 20. Jahrhunderts. ... (wiki) ISBN 97806910063, DE, [SC: 35.00], gebraucht; gut, gewerbliches Angebot, [GW: 550g], Banküberweisung, Offene Rechnung, PayPal, Internationaler Versand<
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