ISBN10: 0691068666, ISBN13: 9780691068664, [publisher: Princeton University Press] Hardcover Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
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Princeton, NJ Princeton University Press 1991 1st Edition Hardcover Very Good-Fine in Fine jacket Octavo. (8) 270 pp. First Edition, 1991. Not Price Clipped. "Not Added by University of Michigan Library" stamp on ffep. Some pencilings, else, Pristine, no wear. Some pencilings else, Pristine, no wear. Binding tight, pages bright and white. Brown cloth with black title plate and gilt lettering to spine. Acknowledgments, note on transliteration, Introduction: Nabokov's Metaphysics, Ethics, and Aesthetics; I. Speak, Memory and Other Discursive Writings; II. The Defense; III. Invitation to a Beheading; IV. The Gift; V. The Real Life of Sebastian Knight; VI. Lolita; VII. Pale Fire; Conclusion: Nabokov and the Silver Age of Russian Culture; notes, works cited, index. "A major reexamination of the novelist Vladimir Nabokov as "literary gamesman, " this book systematically shows that behind his ironic manipulation of narrative and his puzzle-like treatment of detail there lies an aesthetic rooted in his intuition of a transcendent realm and in his consequent redefinition of 'nature' and 'artifice, as synonyms. Beginning with Nabokov's discursive writings, the author finds his world view centered on the experience of epiphany--characterized by a sudden fusion of varied sensory data and memories, a feeling of timelessness, and an intuition of immortality--which grants the true artist intimations of an 'otherworld'"

ISBN10: 0691068666, ISBN13: 9780691068664, [publisher: Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ] Hardcover First Edition (8) 270 pp. First Edition, 1991. Not Price Clipped. "Not Added by University of Michigan Library" stamp on ffep. Some pencilings, else, Pristine, no wear. Some pencilings else, Pristine, no wear. Binding tight, pages bright and white. Brown cloth with black title plate and gilt lettering to spine. Acknowledgments, note on transliteration, Introduction: Nabokov's Metaphysics, Ethics, and Aesthetics; I. Speak, Memory and Other Discursive Writings; II. The Defense; III. Invitation to a Beheading; IV. The Gift; V. The Real Life of Sebastian Knight; VI. Lolita; VII. Pale Fire; Conclusion: Nabokov and the Silver Age of Russian Culture; notes, works cited, index. "A major reexamination of the novelist Vladimir Nabokov as "literary gamesman," this book systematically shows that behind his ironic manipulation of narrative and his puzzle-like treatment of detail there lies an aesthetic rooted in his intuition of a transcendent realm and in his consequent redefinition of 'nature' and 'artifice, as synonyms. Beginning with Nabokov's discursive writings, the author finds his world view centered on the experience of epiphany -- characterized by a sudden fusion of varied sensory data and memories, a feeling of timelessness, and an intuition of immortality -- which grants the true artist intimations of an ...

ISBN10: 0691068666, ISBN13: 9780691068664, [publisher: Princeton Univ Press; New Jersey] Hardcover First Edition Princeton University Press. 1991. FIRST EDITION HARDCOVER in FINE Condition in FINE Dustjacket. First white endpaper has small circular embossed 'Library of" stamp, otherwise book clean, tight, pristine. Unread condition. Dark green endpapers. Carrefully shipped in secure parcel.
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