CHAPTER ONE: Speak, Memory and Other Discursive Writings

Chapters in this book

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