Vladimir Nabokov
By: Neil Cornwell.
Contributors: British Council.
Series: Writers and their work; Writers and their work (Unnumbered)
Publisher: Northcote House in association with the British Council
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Plymouth [England]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 142
Subjects: Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Description: "Vladimir Nabokov's extraordinary literary career, as a master of Russian and English prose, is unique. Acclaimed in the limited Russian emigre world, under the name of Sirin, Nabokov switched to writing in English and settled in America, a refugee from Hitler's Europe. Exile, memory, lost love and the magic of childhood are among his themes. Neil Cornwell's study, published for the Nabokov centenary, examines five of Nabokov's major novels, plus his short stories and critical writings, situating his work against the ever-expanding mass of VN scholarship, and noting his cultural debt to Russia, Europe, America and the British Isles."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-139) and index.