Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Anatomical Diagrams xiii
6. Introduction 1
7. Black and White Figures 30
8. Color Plates 126
9. Essays
10. Drawing with Words: The Toothwort White and Related Natural History Motifs in Pale Fire 201
11. A Few Notes on Nabokov’s Childhood Entomology 216
12. Chance, Nature’s Practical Jokes, and the “Non-Utilitarian Delights” of Butterfly Mimicry 225
13. Nabokov’s Evolution 235
14. Fictional Realism: Scaling the Twin Peaks of Art and Science 243
15. Mountains of Detail: On the Trail with Nabokov’s Blues 251
16. Nabokov’s Morphology: An Experiment in Appropriated Terminology 260
17. Swift and Underwing, Boulderfi eld and Bog: How Nabokov Drew the World from Its Details 269
18. Enchanted Hunting: Lolita and Lolita, Diana and diana 277
19. Nabokov’s Notes and Labels from the Museum of Comparative Zoology: Boon for a Recondite Biographer or Data for a Serious Systematist? 285
20. Chronology of Nabokov’s Life 295
21. Bibliography 297
22. Contributors 305
23. Illustration Credits 307
24. Index 311