Nikolai Gogol - Softcover

Nabokov, Vladimir

 
9780811201209: Nikolai Gogol
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0811201201 ISBN 13: 9780811201209
Verlag: New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1961

Inhaltsangabe

This biography begins with Gogol's death and ends with his birth, an inverted structure typical of both Gogol and Nabokov. The biographer proceeds to establish the relationship between Gogol and his novels, especially with regard to "nose-consciousness", a peculiar feature of Russian life and letters, which finds its apotheosis in Gogol's own life and prose. There are more expressions and proverbs concerning the nose in Russian than in any other language in the world. Nabokov's style in this biography is comic, but as always leads to serious issues―in this case, an appreciation of the distinctive "sense of the physical" inherent in Gogol's work. Nabokov describes how Gogol's life and literature mingled, and explains the structure and style of Gogol's prose in terms of the novelist's life.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977), one of the 20th century's greatest writers in both Russian and English, was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, and spent his adult life in Germany, France, the United States, and Switzerland. In addition to his literary work, he was a passionate lepidopterist and chess player. His books include Lolita, Pale Fire, The Real Light of Sebastian Knight, Laughter in the Dark, and many more.

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Verlag
New Directions Publishing Corporation
Erscheinungsdatum
1961
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0811201201
ISBN 13 
9780811201209
Einband
Tapa blanda
Anzahl der Seiten
172
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