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Vladimir Nabokovâs Lectures on Literature
Portraits of the Artist as Reader and Teacher
Series: - Studies in Slavic Literature and Poetics, Volume: 62
- Studies in Slavic Literature and Poetics Online, Volume: 62
This volume offers insight into Vladimir Nabokov as a reader and a teacher, and sheds new light on the relationship of his views on literary aesthetics to the development of his own oeuvre. The essays included focus on the lectures on European and Russian literature that Nabokov gave at a number of American universities in the years between his arrival in the United States and the publication of Lolita. Nabokovâs treatment of literary masterpieces by Austen, Cervantes, Chekhov, Dickens, Flaubert, Gogol, Kafka, Joyce, Proust and Stevenson is assessed by experts on these authors.
Contributors are: Lara Delage-Toriel, Ben Dhooge, Yannicke Chupin, Roy Groen, Luc Herman, Flora Keersmaekers, Arthur Langeveld, Geert Lernout, Vivian Liska, Ilse Logie, Jürgen Pieters, Gerard de Vries.
Contributors are: Lara Delage-Toriel, Ben Dhooge, Yannicke Chupin, Roy Groen, Luc Herman, Flora Keersmaekers, Arthur Langeveld, Geert Lernout, Vivian Liska, Ilse Logie, Jürgen Pieters, Gerard de Vries.
Ben Dhooge is professor of Russian Literature at Ghent University. His research focuses on early 20th century Russian literature, both Soviet and émigré. He has published on Andrey Platonov, Russian literary Modernism and early 20th century Russian émigré culture.
Jürgen Pieters is professor of Literary Theory at Ghent University. He is the author of several books on the methodology of New Historicism and edited collections on the work of Roland Barthes, Catherine Belsey and Stephen Greenblatt.
Jürgen Pieters is professor of Literary Theory at Ghent University. He is the author of several books on the methodology of New Historicism and edited collections on the work of Roland Barthes, Catherine Belsey and Stephen Greenblatt.
List of Contributors
Introduction: Reading Nabokov Teaching âBen Dhooge and Jürgen Pieters
1 Nabokovâs Reflections on âProustâs Prismatic Peopleâ âYannicke Chupin
2 âThe Authorâs Pale Virgin Cheekâ: Nabokov on Austen âLuc Herman
3 Vladimir Nabokov on Don Quixote: âA Veritable Encyclopedia of Crueltyâ âIlse Logie
4 The Beetle and the Butterfly: Nabokovâs Lecture on Kafkaâs âThe Metamorphosisâ âVivian Liska
5 âAs Flaubert Intended It to Be Discussedâ: Vladimir Nabokov and Jean Rousset on Madame Bovary âFlora Keersmaekers
6 Nabokov on Joyce and Ulysses âGeert Lernout
7 Gogol Seen through the Eyes of Nabokov âArthur Langeveld
8 On an Unhappy Marriage, Henry James, and Atoms: Vladimir Nabokov Reading (on) Anton Chekhov âBen Dhooge
9 âDo Dogs Eat Poppies?â: When Nabokov Teaches Flaubert âLara Delage-Toriel
10 Of Words and Worlds: The Role of Proustâs Aesthetics in Nabokovâs Lectures on Literature âRoy Groen
11 Vladimir Nabokov on The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson âGerard de Vries
Afterword: (Flipping) Nabokov in the Classroom âJürgen Pieters
Index
Introduction: Reading Nabokov Teaching âBen Dhooge and Jürgen Pieters
Part 1: FTeacher among Authors
1 Nabokovâs Reflections on âProustâs Prismatic Peopleâ âYannicke Chupin
2 âThe Authorâs Pale Virgin Cheekâ: Nabokov on Austen âLuc Herman
3 Vladimir Nabokov on Don Quixote: âA Veritable Encyclopedia of Crueltyâ âIlse Logie
4 The Beetle and the Butterfly: Nabokovâs Lecture on Kafkaâs âThe Metamorphosisâ âVivian Liska
5 âAs Flaubert Intended It to Be Discussedâ: Vladimir Nabokov and Jean Rousset on Madame Bovary âFlora Keersmaekers
Part 2: Critic among Critics
6 Nabokov on Joyce and Ulysses âGeert Lernout
7 Gogol Seen through the Eyes of Nabokov âArthur Langeveld
8 On an Unhappy Marriage, Henry James, and Atoms: Vladimir Nabokov Reading (on) Anton Chekhov âBen Dhooge
Part 3: Author among Authors
9 âDo Dogs Eat Poppies?â: When Nabokov Teaches Flaubert âLara Delage-Toriel
10 Of Words and Worlds: The Role of Proustâs Aesthetics in Nabokovâs Lectures on Literature âRoy Groen
11 Vladimir Nabokov on The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson âGerard de Vries
Part 4: Epilogue
Afterword: (Flipping) Nabokov in the Classroom âJürgen Pieters
Index
Specialist and general readership in Nabokov, literary theory and the teaching of literature. All interested in the work of the canonical authors involved and in discussions on the value of âgreat booksâ.