Vladimir Nabokov and the art of play /
In a 1925 speech, Nabokov declared that 'everything in the world plays', including 'love, nature, the arts and domestic puns.' Thomas Karshan draws on early writings and archival material to argue that play is Nabokov's signature theme, and that his novels form one of the mo...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2011.
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| Series: | Oxford English monographs.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | In a 1925 speech, Nabokov declared that 'everything in the world plays', including 'love, nature, the arts and domestic puns.' Thomas Karshan draws on early writings and 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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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 269 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191725333 0191725331 |