Vladimir Nabokov : poetry and the lyric voice by Morris, Paul Duncan, 1961- instant download

Vladimir Nabokov : poetry and the lyric voice by Morris, Paul Duncan, 1961- instant download

xxv, 447 p. ; 24 cm, Annotation, Includes bibliographical references and index, 1. Introduction : locating Nabokov's poetry -- 2. Reading Nabokov's reception : Nabokov, poetry, and the critics -- The émigré reading of Nabokov's poetry -- Nabokov's English poetry and the critics -- Nabokov's Russian poetry and the academics -- Russian literature and the rediscovery of Nabokov's poetry -- 3. Nabokov's lyric voice : the poetry of this world and another -- A paradigmatic first poem : rereading 'The rain has flown' -- Poetic consciousness -- The metaphysical Nabokov and the otherworld -- Nabokov's poetry : five themes -- I. Cosmic synchronization -- II. Inspiration -- III. Love's poetry -- IV. The otherworld -- V.A poet of the world -- the poetry of trifles -- Four poems -- i. 'The swift' -- ii. 'Fame' -- iii. 'Restoration' -- iv. 'The ballad of Longwood Glen' -- 4. Staged lyricism : the play of poetry and dream-logic in Nabokov's drama -- The waltz invention : the lyric consolation of fantasy -- 5. Nabokov and the short story : the lyric heights of a small alpine form -- Finding 'perfection' : Nabokov's lyricism and the short story -- 6. Lyricism and the novel : Nabokov's gift for prose -- The gift : a portrait of the novelist as a young poet -- 7. A novel snatched from the sun : Nabokov's Pale fire -- 'Pale fire' and the poet's pattern : novelistic text and poetic texture -- Conclusion : in place of an ending