Collected Poems (The Penguin Vladimir Nabokov Hardback Collection) - Hardcover

Nabokov, Vladimir

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9780141197173: Collected Poems (The Penguin Vladimir Nabokov Hardback Collection)

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ISBN 10: 014119717X ISBN 13: 9780141197173

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 2012

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This landmark new collection brings together the best of the poetry of Vladimir Nabokov, one of the twentieth century's greatest writers and author of Lolita and Pale Fire, with an extensive number of poems never before in English, newly translated from the Russian by his son Dmitri Nabokov.

These masterly poems span the decades of Nabokov's career, from 'Music', written in 1914 and probably Nabokov's first recorded poem, to the short, playful 'To Vera', composed in 1974. 'The University Poem', one of Nabokov's major poetic works, is here in English for the first time. Included too are the surreally comic 'A Literary Dinner', 'Eve', the humorous 'An Evening of Russian Poetry' and 'Tolstoy', as well as verse written on America, lepidoptery, sport, love and Nabokov's Russian homeland.

Part of a major new beautiful hardback series of Vladimir Nabokov's work in Penguin Classics.

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HardCover. Pub Date :2012-09-06 Pages: 336 Language: English Publisher: Penguin Classics This landmark new collection brings together the best of the poetry of Vladimir Nabokov. one of the twentieth centurys greatest writers and author of Lolita and Pale Fire. with an extensive number of poems never before in English. newly translated from the Russian by his son Dmitri Nabokov.These masterly poems span the decades of Nabokovs career. from Music. written in 1914 and probably Nabokovs first recorded poem. to the short. playful To Vera. composed in 1974. The University Poem. one of Nabokovs major poetic works. is here in English for the first time. Included too are the surreally comic A Literary Dinner. Eve. the humorous An Evening of Russian Poetry and Tolstoy. as well as verse written on America. lepidoptery. sport. love and Nabokovs Russian homeland.Part of a major new beaut...

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The poems are coy, clever, sophisticated, sonorous and worldly. In other words, Nabokovian (New York Daily News)

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