Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different
Nabokov: The Mystery of Literary Structures
by Leona Toker
- New
- Hardcover
- Condition
- New
- ISBN 10
- 0801422116
- ISBN 13
- 9780801422119
- Seller
-
Southport, Merseyside, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Hardback. New. <p>Vladimir Nabokov described the literature course he taught at Cornell as "a kind of detective investigation of the mystery of literary structures." Leona Toker here pursues a similar investigation of the enigmatic structures of Nabokov's own fiction. According to Toker, most previous critics stressed either Nabokovâs concern with form or the humanistic side of his works, but rarely if ever the two together. In sensitive and revealing readings of ten novels, Toker demonstrates that the need to reconcile the human element with aesthetic or metaphysical pursuits is a constant theme of Nabokovâs and that the tension between technique and content is itself a key to his fiction. Written with verve and precision, Tokerâs book begins with Pnin and follows the circular pattern that is one of her subjectâs own favored devices.</p>
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- The Saint Bookstore (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- A9780801422119
- Title
- Nabokov: The Mystery of Literary Structures
- Author
- Leona Toker
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0801422116
- ISBN 13
- 9780801422119
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Place of Publication
- Ithaca, New York, U.s.a.
- This edition first published
- April 1989
Terms of Sale
The Saint Bookstore
Refunds or Returns: A full refund of the price paid will be given if returned within 30 days in undamaged condition. If the product is faulty, we may send a replacement.
About the Seller
The Saint Bookstore
Biblio member since 2018
Southport, Merseyside
About The Saint Bookstore
The Saint Bookstore specialises in hard to find titles & also offers delivery worldwide for reasonable rates.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...