Vladimir Nabokov and the ideological aesthetic : a study of his novels and plays, 1926-1939 /
Dematagoda, Udith,1985-author.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Ideology and the ideological aesthetic -- The ruthless schemers of Tomsk and Atomsk: The Man from the USSR and The Waltz Invention -- Bits of my past litter the floor: ideology, epistemology, and the "Modernism of Underdevelopment" in the eye and despair -- "Violin in a Void": totalitarianism on trial in invitation to a beheading -- My kingdom: the formation of the ideological aesthetic in The Gift -- The absolute solution: the real life of Sebastian Knight and the ideology of aesthetic autonomy -- Conclusion: ideology as aesthetic: the aesthetic as ideology.
Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977
Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977.
Russian literature
Ideology in literature.
Ideology in literature.
Russian literature.