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Vladimir Nabokov : the American years
- Title
- Vladimir Nabokov : the American years / Brian Boyd.
- Author
- Boyd, Brian, 1952-
- Publication
- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1991.
- Supplementary Content
- Publisher description
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | No restrictions | *R-RMRR PS3527.A15 .Z646 1991 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 - Reference |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Permit needed | Berg Coll Nabokov ZB4 B72 1991 | Schwarzman Building - Berg Collection Room 320 |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 09-1601 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xiv, 783 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
- Subjects
- Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977
- United States
- Authors, American
- Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977 > Criticism and interpretation
- Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977 > Homes and haunts > United States
- Biography
- 1900 - 1999
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Intellectual life
- United States > Intellectual life > 20th century
- Authors, American > 20th century > Biography
- Nabokov, Vladimir V
- Nabokov, Vladimir, (1899-1977) > Résidences et lieux familiers > États-Unis
- Homes
- Biographie 1940-1977
- Nabokov, Vladimir, (1899-1977) > Biographies
- Genre/Form
- Biographie 1940-1977.
- Biography.
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 731-758) and index.
- Contents
- pt. 1. America -- 1. Refuge: New York and Stanford, 1940-1941 -- 2. Visiting lecturer: Wellesley and Cambridge, 1941-1942 -- 3. Scientist, writer, teacher: Cambridge and Wellesley, 1943-1944 -- 4. Permanent impermanence: Cambridge and Wellesley, 1944-1946 -- 5. "Bend Sinister" -- 6. Teaching literature at last: Cambridge and Wellesley, 1946-1948 -- 7. Russian professor: Cornell, 1948-1950 -- 8. "Conclusive evidence/Speak, Memory" -- 9. Teaching European fiction: Cornell, 1950-1951 -- 10. Finding time for "Lolita": Cornell and Harvard, 1951-1953. -- 11. "Lolita" -- 12. "Lolita" into print, "Pnin" onto paper: Cornell, 1953-1955 -- 13. "Pnin" -- 14. "Lolita" sparks: Cornell, 1955-1957 -- 15. "Eugene Onegin" -- 16. "Lolita" explodes: Cornell and after, 1957-1959.
- pt. 2. Europe -- 17. Chased by fame: Europe, America, Europe, 1959-1961 -- 18 "Pale fire" -- 19. Mask and man: Montreux, 1961-1964 -- 20. "Ada" stirs: Montreux, 1964-1966 -- 21. Flying high: Montreux, 1966-1968 -- 22. "Ada" -- 23. Tidying up: Montreux, 1968-1972 -- 24. "Transparent things" -- 25. Reinventing a life: Montreux, 1972-1974 -- 26. "Look at the harlequins!" -- 27. Unanswered questions: Montreux, 1974-1977.
- Call Number
- PS3527.A15
- ISBN
- 069106797X
- 9780691067971
- 9780691024714 (pbk.)
- 0691024715 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- 90026374
- OCLC
- 22906836
- Author
- Boyd, Brian, 1952-
- Title
- Vladimir Nabokov : the American years / Brian Boyd.
- Imprint
- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1991.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 731-758) and index.
- Connect to:
- Alternate Script for Subject
- Набоков, Владимир Владимирович, 1899-1977 Homes and haunts United States.
- Alternate Script for Subject
- Набоков, Владимир Владимирович, 1899-1977 Criticism and interpretation.
- Chronological Term
- 1900 - 1999
- Research Call Number
- *R-RMRR PS3527.A15 Z646 1991Berg Coll Nabokov ZB4 B72 1991JFE 09-1601