Lectures on Literature: Austen, Dickens, Flaubert, Joyce, Kafka, Proust, Stevenson (Picador Books) - Softcover

Nabokov, Vladimir

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0330269739 ISBN 13: 9780330269735

Publisher: Macmillan, 1983

Synopsis

Vladimir Nabokov's approach to European literary masterpieces is both funny and enlightening. Of special interest for the uninitiated into the Nabokovian world view are the essays "Good Readers and Good Writers" and "The Art of Literature and Commonsense". But beware: if you want to read a straight academic approach to the writers treated in this book you have chosen the wrong book. Some of Nabokov's comments are fantastic, especially his reading of Flaubert and Proust are exceptionally good, but they are not wissenschaft in the traditional manner. These lectures say more about Nabokov the writer than they say about other writers.

About this title

About the Author:

Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977), Russian-born poet, novelist, literary critic, translator, and essayist was awarded the National Medal for Literature for his life's work in 1973. He taught literature at Wellesley, Stanford, Cornell, and Harvard. He is the author of many works including Lolita, Pale Fire, Ada, and Speak, Memory.

Synopsis:

Reading versions of important lectures given in the 1950s demonstrate Nabokov's critical talents and reveal his judgments on the works and achievement of Austen, Dickens, Flaubert, Joyce, Kafka, Proust, and Stevenson.

About this edition

• Publisher: Macmillan
• Publication date: 1983
• ISBN 10: 0330269739
• ISBN 13: 9780330269735
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 406
• Editor: Bowers Fredson