| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 202 pages, [8] pages of plates) |
| Contents |
Marc Szeftel's odyssey : an alien and an exile -- Colleagues and collaborators : Szeftel and Nabokov at Cornell -- Pnin -- Szeftel in search of success : Lolita -- Life after Nabokov |
| Summary |
Galya Diment explores the complicated and fascinating relationship between Vladimir Nabokov and his Cornell colleague Marc Szeftel who, in the estimate of many, served as the prototype for the gentle protagonist of the novel Pnin. She offers astute comments on Nabokov's fictional process in creating Timofey Pnin and addresses hotly debated questions and long-standing riddles in Pnin and its history. Pniniad - the epic of Pnin - begins with Szeftel's early life in Russia and ends with his years in Seattle at the University of Washington, turning pivotally upon the time when Szeftel's and Nabokov's lives intersected at Cornell. Nabokov apparently was both amused by and admiring of the innocence of his historian friend. Szeftel's feelings toward Nabokov were also mixed, ranging from intense disappointment over rebuffed attempts to collaborate with Nabokov on a scholarly study (of a medieval Russian epic) or to write about his work (Lolita), to persistent envy of Nabokov's success and an increasing wistfulness over his own sense of failure. A generous selection of relevant archival materials includes Szeftel's autobiographical writings, his talks and published essays relating to Nabokov, and his correspondence with Nabokov and Roman Jakobson |
| Notes |
"A McLellan book." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-197) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977. Pnin
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Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977 -- Friends and associates
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Szeftel, Marc
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Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977 fast |
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Szeftel, Marc fast |
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Nabokov, Vladimir V. Pnin. swd |
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Nabokov, Vladimir V. swd |
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Szeftel, Marc. swd |
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Cornell University -- Biography
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Cornell University fast |
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Pnin (Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich) fast |
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Russian Americans -- New York (State) -- Ithaca -- Biography
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College teachers -- New York (State) -- Ithaca -- Biography
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Russians in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- General.
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College teachers
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Friendship
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Russian Americans
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Russians in literature
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Pnin (Nabokov)
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Emigranten.
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Russen.
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New York (State) -- Ithaca
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Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2021694757 |
| ISBN |
9780295801087 |
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0295801085 |
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