| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 307 pages) : 1 illustration |
| Contents |
Nabokov's "swan song" / Yuri Leving -- Chronology of the novel in fragments : composition, publication, reception / Brian Boyd and Yuri Leving -- Publishing Laura / Galya Diment, Leland de la Durantaye, Michael Juliar, Eric Naiman, and Olga Voronina -- Vanishing fragments / Michael Wood -- Terminating the phrase / Gennady Barabtarlo -- Worlds apart : Lolita, Laura, and the shadows of difference / Ellen Pifer -- Nabokov's last smile / Lara Delage-Toriel -- The original of Laura and Nietzsche : a Zarathustran tool? / Michael Rodgers -- Looking for Flora : deviance and disclosure in Nabokov's The original of Laura / Barbara Wyllie -- Reading the posthumous postmodern : Laura's productive fragments / Paul Ardoin -- The problem with Nabokov / Martin Amis -- Trump cards / John Banville -- In the cards, a last hand / Alexander Theroux -- A generous gift to readers / Heller McAlpin -- The Nabokov mess / Nathaniel Rich -- Vladimir Nabokov, reduced to notes / Michael Dirda -- An earnest proposal to Dmitri Nabokov / Amelia Glaser -- Genius erased / Michael Antman -- A curiosity for Nabokov's fans / James Marcus -- Deaths of the authors / Thomas Karshan -- The critics' Laura / Marijeta Bozovic -- Translating Laura / Gennady Barabtarlo, Maurice Couturier, Anna Raffetto, Rien Verhoef, and Tadashi Wakashima -- The last word, or not? : On some cards named Laura / Brian Boyd |
| Summary |
Understanding Nabokov's oeuvre through a detailed look at the posthumous publication of his unrealized novel |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977. Original of Laura
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Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977 -- Criticism and interpretation
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| SUBJECT |
Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977 fast |
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Nabokov, Vladimir V., 1899-1977. Original of Laura. gnd |
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Original of Laura (Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich) fast |
| Subject |
LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- General.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Leving, I︠U︡riĭ, editor
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| ISBN |
9780773589674 |
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0773589678 |
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9780773589681 |
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0773589686 |
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9780773542631 |
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0773542639 |
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9780773542648 |
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0773542647 |
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