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Bibliography: Grishakova, "Models of Space,
Time and Vision in V. Nabokov's Fiction"
Time and Vision in V. Nabokov's Fiction"
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A book by Marina Grishakova, entitled "The Models of Space, Time and
Vision in V.
Nabokov's Fiction: Narrative Strategies and Cultural Frames," has just
been published (Tartu University Press, 2006). Nabokov scholar Leona
Toker describes the book's argument as follows:
Because of his rejection of socio-political engagement, Vladimir Nabokov
is often regarded as a virtuouso artist of the ivory-tower variety,
aloof from the contemporary march of the minds. Marina Grishakova's
book, however, points to the relationship between his narrative
techniques and some of the scientific, metaphysical, and ethical ideas
on the inner agenda of the twentieth century. It connects Nabokov's
handling of time, space, and perspective in his fiction with the
philosophical models constructed by his contemporaries, also showing in
what ways he may have been ahead of his time.
In order to analyze the cognitive models constructed in fiction and
cinema, the book thoughtfully and confidently combines ideas of Russian
Formalism and the Tartu-school literary theory with those of French and
Anglophone classical and post-classical narratology. It also fruitfully
enlists archival sources and so far undiscussed intertextual links in
order to situate Nabokov's narratives in the history of ideas.
The book is available for purchase from "Krisostomus," an online
bookseller:
http://www.kriso.ee/cgi-bin/shop/9949113067.html
Susan Elizabeth Sweeney
Co-Editor, NABOKV-L
Search the archive: http://listserv.ucsb.edu/archives/nabokv-l.html
Contact the Editors: mailto:nabokv-l@utk.edu,nabokv-l@holycross.edu
Visit Zembla: http://www.libraries.psu.edu/nabokov/zembla.htm
View Nabokv-L policies: http://web.utk.edu/~sblackwe/EDNote.htm
Vision in V.
Nabokov's Fiction: Narrative Strategies and Cultural Frames," has just
been published (Tartu University Press, 2006). Nabokov scholar Leona
Toker describes the book's argument as follows:
Because of his rejection of socio-political engagement, Vladimir Nabokov
is often regarded as a virtuouso artist of the ivory-tower variety,
aloof from the contemporary march of the minds. Marina Grishakova's
book, however, points to the relationship between his narrative
techniques and some of the scientific, metaphysical, and ethical ideas
on the inner agenda of the twentieth century. It connects Nabokov's
handling of time, space, and perspective in his fiction with the
philosophical models constructed by his contemporaries, also showing in
what ways he may have been ahead of his time.
In order to analyze the cognitive models constructed in fiction and
cinema, the book thoughtfully and confidently combines ideas of Russian
Formalism and the Tartu-school literary theory with those of French and
Anglophone classical and post-classical narratology. It also fruitfully
enlists archival sources and so far undiscussed intertextual links in
order to situate Nabokov's narratives in the history of ideas.
The book is available for purchase from "Krisostomus," an online
bookseller:
http://www.kriso.ee/cgi-bin/shop/9949113067.html
Susan Elizabeth Sweeney
Co-Editor, NABOKV-L
Search the archive: http://listserv.ucsb.edu/archives/nabokv-l.html
Contact the Editors: mailto:nabokv-l@utk.edu,nabokv-l@holycross.edu
Visit Zembla: http://www.libraries.psu.edu/nabokov/zembla.htm
View Nabokv-L policies: http://web.utk.edu/~sblackwe/EDNote.htm