Nabokov in America : on the road to Lolita
Roper, Robert, 1946-2016
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The author of the immortal 'Lolita' and 'Pale Fire', born to an eminent Russian family, conjures the apotheosis of the high modernist artist: cultured, refined - as European as they come. But Vladimir Nabokov, who came to America fleeing the Nazis, came to think of his time here as the richest of his life. Indeed, Nabokov was not only happiest here, but his best work flowed from his response to this exotic land. Robert Roper fills out this period in the writer's life with charm and insight - covering Nabokov's critical friendship with Edmund Wilson, his time at Cornell and his role at Harvard's Museum of Comparative Zoology.
Main title:
Nabokov in America : on the road to Lolita / Robert Roper.
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Imprint:
New York : Bloomsbury, 2016.New York : Bloomsbury, 2016.
Collation:
354 pages : illustrations (black and white), map (black and white) ; 21 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2015.
ISBN:
9781632863881 (pbk)
Dewey class:
813.54
Language:
English
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BRN:
1661522