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Classics from The Nabokovian

From No. 8, Spring 1982 (Vladimir Nabokov Research Newsletter)
 

Professor Nabokov: A Review Essay
by Stephen Jan Parker

[Steve Parker (1939-2016) was a student of Nabokov's at Cornell, and a Professor at the University of Kansas; he was the founder of the Vladimir Nabokov Society (as it was then called) in 1978, and of its newsletter long edited by him, which became The Nabokovian and eventually "TheNabokovian.org."]

One may presume that with the appearance of Lectures on Russian Literature (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich & Bruccoli Clark, New York, 1981), following Lectures on Literature (1980), the public has now been given what is expected to be the complete record of Vladimir Nabokov's classroom teachings. If this is the case, then the reader of the two volumes of Lectures will come away with incomplete knowledge of both the content and approach that Nabokov brought to his courses. [Read More]

 

 

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NEW BOOK: Ada to Zembla: The Novels of Vladimir Nabokov (Endellion, 2022)

Submitted by david_vernon on Wed, 11/16/2022 - 04:38

Dear all,

Glad to announce my new book, Ada to Zembla: The Novels of Vladimir Nabokov, has just been published in the UK and US. It has a chapter for each novel, plus some supplementary ones on the other works.

My primary goal has been to create a readable and exciting book which can appeal to both newcomers and (hopefully!) seasoned Nabokovians.

Do hope some of you will enjoy it and will share with students and colleagues!

David Vernon

David Vernon Nabokov