Tag: Nabokov

Free Download Michael Rodgers, "Nabokov and Nietzsche: Problems and Perspectives"
English | ISBN: 1501339575 | 2018 | 190 pages | AZW3 | 1258 KB
Awarded the Jane Grayson Prize by the International Vladimir Nabokov Society Shortlisted for The European Society for the Study of English (ESSE) Book Award Nabokov and Nietzsche: Problems and Perspectives addresses the many knotted issues in the work of Vladimir Nabokov – Lolita’s moral stance, Pnin’s relationship with memory, Pale Fire’s ambiguous internal authorship – that often frustrate interpretation. It does so by arguing that the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche, as both a conceptual instrument and a largely unnoticed influence on Nabokov himself, can help to untie some of these knots. The study addresses the fundamental problems in Nabokov’s writing that make his work perplexing, mysterious and frequently uneasy rather than simply focusing on the literary puzzles and games that, although inherent, do not necessarily define his body of work. Michael Rodgers shows that Nietzsche’s philosophy provides new, but not always palatable, perspectives in order to negotiate interpretative impasses, and that the uneasy aspects of Nabokov’s work offer the reader manifold rewards.

Free Download Elena Rakhimova-Sommers, "Teaching Nabokov’s Lolita in the #MeToo Era"
English | ISBN: 1793628386 | 2021 | 198 pages | EPUB, PDF | 4 MB + 5 MB
Teaching Nabokov’s Lolita in the #MeToo Era seeks to critique the novel from the standpoint of its teachability to undergraduate and graduate studentsin the twenty-first century. The time has come to ask: in the #MeToo era and beyond, how do we approach Nabokov’s inflammatory masterpiece, Lolita? How do we read a novel that describes an unpardonable crime? How do we balance analysis of Lolita’s brilliant language and aesthetic complexity with due attention to its troubling content? This student-focused volume offers practical and specific answers to these questions and includes suggestions for teaching the novel in conventional and online modalities. Distinguished Nabokov scholars explore the multilayered nature of Lolita by sharing innovative assignments, creative-writing exercises, methodologies of teaching the novel through film and theatre, and new critical analyses and interpretations.

Free Download Vladimir Nabokov’s Speak, Memory: Bookmarked by Sven Birkerts
English | 2021 | ISBN: 1632461072 | 176 Pages | EPUB | 2.9 MB
Vladimir Nabokov’s Speak, Memory is one of the most critically acclaimed memoirs of the twentieth century.

Free Download Vladimir Nabokov And The Ideological Aesthetic: A Study of his Novels and Plays, 1926-1939 (Cultural History and Literary Imagination) by Udith Dematagoda
English | September 29, 2017 | ISBN: 1787072894 | True EPUB/PDF | 208 pages | 0.7/6.97 MB
This book argues that ideology is a prism through which the work of Vladimir Nabokov needs to be considered. It is thus the first attempt to foreground questions of ideology and politics within a field that has historically been resistant to such readings.

Free Download Robert Golla, "Conversations with Vladimir Nabokov"
English | 2017 | pages: 256 | ISBN: 1496810953, 149682024X | EPUB | 0,8 mb
Conversations with Vladimir Nabokov brings together candid, revealing interviews with one of the twentieth century’s master prose writers. Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977) was a Russian American scientist, poet, translator, and professor of literature. Critics throughout the world celebrated him for developing the luminous and enigmatic style that advanced the boundaries of modern literature more than any author since James Joyce. In a career that spanned over six decades, he produced dozens of iconic works, including Lolita, Pale Fire, Ada, and his classic autobiography, Speak, Memory.