Fictitious Biographies : : Vladimir Nabokov's English Novels / / Herbert Grabes.

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Literary and Cultural Studies - <1990
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Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2012]
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Year of Publication:2012
Edition:Reprint 2012
Language:English
Series:Studies in American Literature ; 25
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Physical Description:1 online resource (140 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • i-iv
  • CONTENTS
  • IN PLACE OF AN INTRODUCTION
  • I. Truth and Fiction in Literary Biography: The Real Life of Sebastian Knight
  • II. FICTITIOUS BIOGRAPHY AS PARADIGM FOR THE BETTER WORLD OF ART: BEND SINISTER
  • III. AUTOBIOGRAPHY AS DEMONSTRATION OF “PRECISE FATE”: LOLITA
  • IV. BIOGRAPHY AS A BALANCE BETWEEN TRAGEDY AND COMEDY: PNIN
  • V. THE COMBINATION OF AUTOBIOGRAPHIES AS “CORRELATED PATTERN IN THE GAME”: PALE FIRE
  • VI. AUTOBIOGRAPHY AS THE TRIUMPH OF SUBJECTIVITY: ADA OR ARDOR: A FAMILY CHRONICLE
  • VII. BIOGRAPHY AS SINKING BACK INTO THE PAST: TRANSPARENT THINGS
  • VIII. PARODIED AUTOBIOGRAPHY AS SATIRE ON THE UNITY OF LIFE AND WORK: LOOK AT THE HARLEQUINS
  • SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY