Nabokov’s Fifth Arc. Nabokov and others on his life’s work PDF
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Vladimir Nabokov in the Montreux Palace Hotel, at the time of the work on his last novel, Look at the Harlequins! Photo: J. E. Rivers Nabokov’s Fifth Arc NABOKOV AND OTHERS ON HIS LIFE’S WORK Edited by J. E. Rivers and Charles Nicol UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PRESS, AUSTIN THE DAN DANCIGER PUBLICATION SERIES Copyright © 1982 by the University of Texas Press “Notes to Ada by Vivian Darkbloom” and “Postscript to the Russian Edition of Lolita” copyright © 1982 by Véra Nabokov “A Few Things That Must Be Said on Behalf of Vladimir Nabokov” copyright © 1982 by Dmitri Nabokov All rights reserved First Edition, 1982 Requests for permission to reproduce material from this work should be sent to Permissions, University of Texas Press, Box 7819, Austin, Texas 78712. utpress.utexas.edu/index.php/rp-form Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Library ebook ISBN: 978-1-4773-0287-3 Individual ebook ISBN: 978-1-4773-0288-0 DOI: 10.7560/755222 Main entry under title: Nabokov’s fifth arc. (The Dan Danciger publication series) Bibliography: p. 1. Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899–1977—Criticism and interpretation—Addresses, essays, lectures. I. Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899–1977. II. Rivers, J. E. (Julius Edwin), 1944-III. Nicol, Charles, 1940- . IV Series. PG3476.N3Z793 813’.54 81-14764 ISBN 0-292-75522-8 AACR2 To David and John and to Ed and Martha Lee, Jonathan and Judy, Tommy and Kim Contents Acknowledgments Introduction CHARLES NICOL AND J. E. RIVERS 1. The Fifth Arc Nabokov: A Portrait ALFRED APPEL, JR. Nabokov’s Critical Strategy JAMES M. RAMBEAU A Few Things That Must Be Said on Behalf of Vladimir Nabokov DMITRI NABOKOV Toward the Man behind the Mystification PHYLLIS A. ROTH 2. The First and Second Arcs Nabokov’s Assault on Wonderland BEVERLY LYON CLARK The Conjuror in “The Potato Elf” WALTER EVANS The Cartesian Nightmare of Despair WILLIAM C. CARROLL Invitation to a Beheading and the Many Shades of Kafka MARGARET BYRD BOEGEMAN 3. The Third Arc Focus Pocus: Film Imagery in Bend Sinister BEVERLY GRAY BIENSTOCK Deciphering “Signs and Symbols” LARRY R. ANDREWS Humbert Humbert and the Limits of Artistic License GLADYS M. CLIFTON Parody and Authenticity in Lolita THOMAS R. FROSCH Postscript to the Russian Edition of Lolita VLADIMIR NABOKOV (TRANSLATED BY EARL D. SAMPSON) Pnin: The Wonder of Recurrence and Transformation JULIAN W. CONNOLLY 4. The Fourth Arc Pale Fire: The Art of Consciousness MARILYN EDELSTEIN Speak, Memory: The Aristocracy of Art CAROL SHLOSS Ada or Disorder CHARLES NICOL Notes to Ada by Vivian Darkbloom VLADIMIR NABOKOV (EDITED BY J. E. RIVERS AND WILLIAM WALKER) Notes to Vivian Darkbloom’s Notes to Ada J. E. RIVERS AND WILLIAM WALKER The Problem of Text: Nabokov’s Last Two Novels PAUL S. BRUSS Notes on Contributors Bibliography
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