Vladimir Nabokov (Writer)

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Vladimir Nabokov

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Perhaps, Nabokov is the most popular Russian writer abroad – everybody knows his "Lolita".

However, he wrote several other genius novels that show his unique mastery for language. Not unlike another Russian writer Gogol, Nabokov's prose has this very special quality to "zoom in" and "zoom out". One moment you might be reading about a street, suddenly your sight stops on a shop window, and a whole new story opens up that miraculously finds its way back to the initial source of inspiration.

Somewhat autobiographical novel "The Gift" ("Dar" in Russian) and his lectures on Russian literature are the two books that don't get so much attention, but are, perhaps, Nabokov's most exciting masterpieces.

 

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Vladimir Nabokov
St Petersburg

 

 

Philosopher

 

Richard Rorty

 

 

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For Rorty, Nabokov represents private cruelty in his literature, giving readers a model that they can employ as a warning.
Rorty also discusses Nabokov's obsessive promulgation of the idea that literature be viewed aesthetically; that the reader should absolutely never look for a larger meaning when reading his books.... [Read All]

For Rorty, Nabokov represents private cruelty in his literature, giving readers a model that they can employ as a warning.
Rorty also discusses Nabokov's obsessive promulgation of the idea that literature be viewed aesthetically; that the reader should absolutely never look for a larger meaning when reading his books. Rorty suggests that Nabokov promotes this type of literary critique because, if it were adopted, the critic would not be able to recontextualize Nabokov in the way that Nabokov has recontextualized earlier authors. In this way, Nabokov can invent his own final vocabulary, thus freeing himself from the vocabularies of his predecessors, while not allowing others to recontextualize and therefore alter the final vocabulary he has created.

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Writer

 

Vladimir Nabokov
St Petersburg

 

 

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Russian Literature - 20th Century

 

 

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Elevated Russian and even world literature to a new realm.

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Writer

 

Vladimir Nabokov
St Petersburg

 

 

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russian literature

 

 

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One of the most artful Russian writers, very influential, wrote in several languages.

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Vladimir Nabokov
St Petersburg

 

 

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The Gift is my favorite.

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Vladimir Nabokov
St Petersburg

 

 

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Viktor Shklovsky
Moscow

 

 

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Nabokov's "Guide to Berlin" and Shklovsky's "Zoo" have a similar meta-narrative structure. Both writers had many other similarities in their approach.

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