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Conversations with Vladimir Nabokov
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Conversations with Vladimir Nabokov brings together candid, revealing interviews with one of the twentieth century's master prose writers. Vladimir Nabokov (1899â1977) 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.The twenty-eight interviews and profiles in this collection were drawn from Nabokov's numerous print and broadcast appearances over a period of nineteen years. Beginning with the controversy surrounding the American publication of Lolita in 1958, he offers trenchant, witty views on society, literature, education, the role of the author, and a range of other topics. He discusses the numerous literary and symbolic allusions in his work, his use of parody and satire, as well as analyses of his own literary influences.Nabokov also provided a detailed portrait of his lifeâfrom his aristocratic childhood in prerevolutionary Russia, education at Cambridge, apprenticeship as an Ă©migrĂ© writer in the capitals of Europe, to his decision in 1940 to immigrate to the United States, where he achieved renown and garnered an international readership. The interviews in this collection are essential for seeking a clearer understanding of the life and work of an author who was pivotal in shaping the landscape of contemporary fiction.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chronology
- The Author of Lolitaâan Unhurried View
- Author of Lolita Airs Views on Censorship, Role of Artist
- Vladimir Nabokov and Lionel Trilling Discuss Lolita
- What Hath Lolita Wrought?
- My Child Lolita
- An Absence of Wood Nymphs
- The Author of Lolita
- Nabokov
- Vladimir Nabokov Discusses Lolita
- After Lolita: A Conversation with Vladimir Nabokovâwith Digressions
- The Man Who Scandalized the World
- V. Nabokov Unresting
- Vladimir Nabokov on his Life and Work
- Playboy Interview: Vladimir Nabokov
- On the Banks of Lake LĂ©man: Mr. Nabokov Reflects on Lolita and Onegin
- USA: The NovelâVladimir Nabokov
- Nabokov
- The Artist in Pursuit of Butterflies
- An Interview with Vladimir Nabokov
- Vladimir Nabokov: The Art of Fiction XL
- âTo be Kind, to be Proud, to be FearlessââVladimir Nabokov in Conversation with James Mossman
- Nabokov: A Portrait
- Understanding Vladimir NabokovâA Red Autumn Leaf is a Red Autumn Leaf, Not a Deflowered Nymphet
- An Interview with Vladimir Nabokov
- Checking in with Vladimir Nabokov
- Vladimir Nabokov on the Loose
- A Blush of ColorâNabokov in Montreux
- VNâRIP
- Index