IN PLACE OF AN INTRODUCTION

Chapters in this book

1. i-iv i
2. CONTENTS v
3. IN PLACE OF AN INTRODUCTION vii
4. I. Truth and Fiction in Literary Biography: The Real Life of Sebastian Knight 1
5. II. FICTITIOUS BIOGRAPHY AS PARADIGM FOR THE BETTER WORLD OF ART: BEND SINISTER 18
6. III. AUTOBIOGRAPHY AS DEMONSTRATION OF “PRECISE FATE”: LOLITA 31
7. IV. BIOGRAPHY AS A BALANCE BETWEEN TRAGEDY AND COMEDY: PNIN 46
8. V. THE COMBINATION OF AUTOBIOGRAPHIES AS “CORRELATED PATTERN IN THE GAME”: PALE FIRE 54
9. VI. AUTOBIOGRAPHY AS THE TRIUMPH OF SUBJECTIVITY: ADA OR ARDOR: A FAMILY CHRONICLE 70
10. VII. BIOGRAPHY AS SINKING BACK INTO THE PAST: TRANSPARENT THINGS 96
11. VIII. PARODIED AUTOBIOGRAPHY AS SATIRE ON THE UNITY OF LIFE AND WORK: LOOK AT THE HARLEQUINS 106
12. SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY 132