In a 1925 speech, Nabokov declared that 'everything in the world plays', including 'love, nature, the arts, and domestic puns.' Thomas Karshan draws on untranslated early writings and restricted archival material to argue that play is Nabokov's signature theme, and that his novels form one of the most sophisticated treatments of play ever achieved. INDICE: Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; Translation, Transliteration, Style and Format; References and Abbreviations; Introduction; 1: The Origins of Nabokov's Idea of Artistic Play; 2: <'Divine Games>': Nabokov between Faith and Make-Believe, 1918-1925; 3: Cards and Chess: King, Queen, Knave and The Luzhin Defense; 4: A Praise of Idleness? Nabokov between Work and Play, 1925-1940; 5: Free Play and Childhood from The Gift to Ada; 6: Pale Fire and the Genre of the Literary GamePale Fire and the Genre of the Literary Game; Conclusion: Play and the Genesis of Secrecy; Bibliography
- ISBN: 978-0-19-960398-5
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 288
- Fecha Publicación: 13/01/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés