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Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Acknowledgments ix
Note on Transliteration xi
INTRODUCTION: Nabokov's Metaphysics, Ethics, and Aesthetics 3
CHAPTER ONE: Speak, Memory and Other Discursive Writings 23
CHAPTER TWO: The Defense 58
CHAPTER THREE: Invitation to a Beheading 84
CHAPTER FOUR: The Gift 108
CHAPTER FIVE: The Real Life of Sebastian Knight 137
CHAPTER SIX: Lolita 160
CHAPTER SEVEN: Pale Fire 187
CONCLUSION: Nabokov and the Silver Age of Russian Culture 213
Notes 235
Works Cited 257
Index 267

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Acknowledgments ix
Note on Transliteration xi
INTRODUCTION: Nabokov's Metaphysics, Ethics, and Aesthetics 3
CHAPTER ONE: Speak, Memory and Other Discursive Writings 23
CHAPTER TWO: The Defense 58
CHAPTER THREE: Invitation to a Beheading 84
CHAPTER FOUR: The Gift 108
CHAPTER FIVE: The Real Life of Sebastian Knight 137
CHAPTER SIX: Lolita 160
CHAPTER SEVEN: Pale Fire 187
CONCLUSION: Nabokov and the Silver Age of Russian Culture 213
Notes 235
Works Cited 257
Index 267

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