Authorship in Nabokov's prefaces

Authorship in Nabokov's prefaces / by Jacqueline Hamrit.

Whereas literary criticism has mainly oscillated between ""the death of the author"" (Barthes) and ""the return of the author"" (Couturier), this work suggests another perspective on authorship through an analysis of Nabokov's prefaces. It is here argued...

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Main Author: Hamrit, Jacqueline (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, [2014]
Subjects:
Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, > 1899-1977 > Criticism and interpretation.
Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, > 1899-1977
Literature & literary studies.
Literary theory.
C 1900 -.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Publishing.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. On a Book Entitled Lolita
  • Pulbishers and first readers
  • Good readers and good interpretations
  • The author as a Janus-like person
  • 2. Introduction to Bend Sinister
  • The author confronting reality
  • The author facing his characters
  • The author and his text
  • 3. Foreward to Speak, Memory
  • The author building his work
  • The author writing thanks to remembering
  • The author facing himself when writing an autobiography.

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