num_pages: 288
description: The Cambridge Companion to Nabokov provides a concise introduction to the creative world of one of the twentieth century's most important writers. Fourteen individual essays cover such topics as Nabokov's storytelling techniques, his achievements as a short story writer, his evolution as a novelist, his relationship to the literary currents of his day, his world-view, and his lasting artistic legacy, particularly through Lolita, his most famous and controversial work. The volume also contains a chronology of his life and a guide to further reading.
language: English
title: The Cambridge Companion to Nabokov
titlecomplete: The Cambridge Companion to Nabokov (Cambridge Companions to Literature)
genres: Literature, Essays, Literary Criticism, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 21
publisher: Cambridge University Press