Pniniad : Vladimir Nabokov and Marc Szeftel /

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Galya Diment explores the complicated and fascinating relationship between Vladimir Nabokov and his Cornell colleague Marc Szeftel who, in the estimate of many, served as the prototype for the gentle protagonist of the novel Pnin. She offers astute comments on Nabokov's fictional process in cre...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Diment, Galya
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Seattle : University of Washington Press, 1997.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Szeftel, Marc.
Nabokov, Vladimir V.
Nabokov, Vladimir V. > Pnin.
Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, > 1899-1977.
Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, > 1899-1977 > Friends and associates.
Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, > 1899-1977. > Pnin.
Cornell University.
Cornell University > Biography.
Pnin (Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich)
Russen.
Emigranten.
Pnin (Nabokov)
Russians in literature.
Russian Americans.
Friendship.
College teachers.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Russes dans la litterature.
College teachers > New York (State) > Ithaca > Biography.
Russian Americans > New York (State) > Ithaca > Biography.
New York (State) > Ithaca.
Biographies.
Biography
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Marc Szeftel's odyssey : an alien and an exile
  • Colleagues and collaborators : Szeftel and Nabokov at Cornell
  • Pnin
  • Szeftel in search of success : Lolita
  • Life after Nabokov.

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