Delicate Markers : Subtexts in Vladimir Nabokov's "Invitation to a Beheading" Paperback / softback
by Gavriel Shapiro, Chair Hull Fund Committe
Part of the Middlebury Studies in Russian Language and Literature series
Paperback / softback
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Delicate Markers is the first book-length study of Vladimir Nabokov's novel Invitation to a Beheading (1935-36), a masterpiece that has received a great deal of scholarly attention, second only to Lolita, among Nabokov's works.
Contrary to the prevailing critical practice of interpreting the novel along specific lines, such as political or metaphysical, Shapiro considers its diverse subtexts, the implicit meanings, thereby achieving more complex and multifaceted perspectives.
Even though centering on one work from Nabokov's Russian canon, Shapiro demonstrates the complexity of interartistic and cross-cultural ties in the writer's entire oeuvre, which became especially apparent in his "American years."
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:256 pages
- Publisher:Peter Lang Publishing Inc
- Publication Date:01/08/1998
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- ISBN:9780820439464
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Item not Available
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:256 pages
- Publisher:Peter Lang Publishing Inc
- Publication Date:01/08/1998
- Category:
- ISBN:9780820439464