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Dear all,
I would like to announce the publication of my book, Nabokov’s Theatrical Imagination, by Cambridge University Press. The book presents the first systematic study of Nabokov’s dramas and the theme of theatre in his fiction. For this study, I have used unpublished material not only at the Berg Collection and the LoC but also at other archives in the US and France. I include here the blurb and the table of contents:
Drawing on a wealth of unpublished archival material, this study offers a comprehensive assessment of the importance of theatrical performance in Vladimir Nabokov's thinking and writing. Siggy Frank provides fresh insights into Nabokov's wider aesthetics and arrives at new readings of his narrative fiction. As well as emphasizing the importance of theatrical performance to our understanding of Nabokov's texts, she demonstrates that the theme of theatricality runs through the central concerns of Nabokov's art and life: the nature of fiction, the relationship between the author and his fictional world, textual origin and derivation, authorial control and textual property, literary appropriations and adaptations, and finally the transformation of the writer himself from the Russian émigré writer Sirin to the American novelist Nabokov.
Introduction

1. Trying theatre: Nabokov's playwriting

2. Theatre on trial: Nabokov's dramaturgy

3. Thresholds and transgressions: The Man from the USSR, The Event and Invitation to a Beheading

4. Theatre dreams: The Tragedy of Mr Morn, The Waltz Invention and Invitation to a Beheading

5. Puppets and masks: King, Queen, Knave and Despair

6. Shakespeare's Ghost: The Real Life of Sebastian Knight, 'That in Aleppo Once…' and Bend Sinister

Conclusion: performing identity

Bibliography

Index.
The book has been published in the UK and the US:
http://www.cambridge.org/us/knowledge/isbn/item6580875/Nabokov's-Theatrical-Imagination/?site_locale=en_US
http://www.cambridge.org/gb/knowledge/isbn/item6580875/?site_locale=en_G
Best wishes,
Siggy
Dr Siggy Frank
Department of Russian & Slavonic Studies
School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies
University of Nottingham
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I would like to announce the publication of my book, Nabokov’s Theatrical Imagination, by Cambridge University Press. The book presents the first systematic study of Nabokov’s dramas and the theme of theatre in his fiction. For this study, I have used unpublished material not only at the Berg Collection and the LoC but also at other archives in the US and France. I include here the blurb and the table of contents:
Drawing on a wealth of unpublished archival material, this study offers a comprehensive assessment of the importance of theatrical performance in Vladimir Nabokov's thinking and writing. Siggy Frank provides fresh insights into Nabokov's wider aesthetics and arrives at new readings of his narrative fiction. As well as emphasizing the importance of theatrical performance to our understanding of Nabokov's texts, she demonstrates that the theme of theatricality runs through the central concerns of Nabokov's art and life: the nature of fiction, the relationship between the author and his fictional world, textual origin and derivation, authorial control and textual property, literary appropriations and adaptations, and finally the transformation of the writer himself from the Russian émigré writer Sirin to the American novelist Nabokov.
Introduction

1. Trying theatre: Nabokov's playwriting

2. Theatre on trial: Nabokov's dramaturgy

3. Thresholds and transgressions: The Man from the USSR, The Event and Invitation to a Beheading

4. Theatre dreams: The Tragedy of Mr Morn, The Waltz Invention and Invitation to a Beheading

5. Puppets and masks: King, Queen, Knave and Despair

6. Shakespeare's Ghost: The Real Life of Sebastian Knight, 'That in Aleppo Once…' and Bend Sinister

Conclusion: performing identity

Bibliography

Index.
The book has been published in the UK and the US:
http://www.cambridge.org/us/knowledge/isbn/item6580875/Nabokov's-Theatrical-Imagination/?site_locale=en_US
http://www.cambridge.org/gb/knowledge/isbn/item6580875/?site_locale=en_G
Best wishes,
Siggy
Dr Siggy Frank
Department of Russian & Slavonic Studies
School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies
University of Nottingham
Search archive with Google:
http://www.google.com/advanced_search?q=site:listserv.ucsb.edu&HL=en
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
Visit "Nabokov Online Journal:" http://www.nabokovonline.com
Manage subscription options: http://listserv.ucsb.edu/