Style is matter
Subtitle: the moral art of Vladimir Nabokov
By: Leland de la Durantaye.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 211
ISBN-13: 9780801445637
Subjects: Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, -- 1899-1977 -- Ethics; Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, -- 1899-1977 -- Aesthetics; Moral conditions in literature; Ethics in literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Cruelty, or, Nabokov's reader; title: The reality of the author; title: The criminal artist; title: Safely solipsizing; title: Anesthesia; title: Humbert's green lane; title: A riddle with an elegant solution; title: The particularity of literature; title: Lexicomania; title: The fine fabric of deceit; title: The figure in the magic carpet.