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Anatomy of a Short Story: Nabokov's Puzzles, Codes, "Signs and Symbols" de Professor Yuri Leving

Anatomy of a Short Story: Nabokov's Puzzles, Codes, "Signs and Symbols"

Editat de Professor Yuri Leving
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 8 aug 2012
Since its first publication in 1948, one of Vladimir Nabokov's shortest short stories, "Signs and Symbols," has generated perhaps more interpretations and critical appraisal than any other that he wrote. It has been called "one of the greatest short stories ever written" and "a triumph of economy and force, minute realism and shimmering mystery" (Brian Boyd, Vladimir Nabokov: The American Years). Anatomy of a Short Story contains: . the full text of "Signs and Symbols," line numbered and referenced throughout . correspondence about the story, most of it never before published, between Nabokov and the editor of The New Yorker, where the story was first published. 33 essays of literary criticism, bringing together classic essays and new interpretations. a round-table discussion in which a screenwriter, a theater scholar, a mathematician, a psychiatrist, and a literary scholar bring their perspectives to bear on "Signs and Symbols" Anatomy of a Short Story illuminates the ways in which we interpret fiction, and the short story in particular.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781441196064
ISBN-10: 1441196064
Pagini: 432
Ilustrații: 6 illus
Dimensiuni: 138 x 216 x 33 mm
Greutate: 0.72 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Continuum
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Caracteristici

Will introduce and investigate the complexity and the intellectual beauty of Nabokov's writing style

Notă biografică

Yuri Leving is Professor and Chair in the Department of Russian Studies, Dalhousie University, Canada. He is the author of three books, including Train Station - Garage - Hangar. Vladimir Nabokov and the Poetics of Russian Urbanism (2004) and Keys to The Gift. A Guide to V. Nabokov's Novel (2011), and has also co-edited three volumes, including Empire N: Nabokov and His Heirs (2006) and Goalkeeper: The Nabokov Almanac (2010). Leving has published over seventy scholarly articles on various aspects of Russian and comparative literature. He served as a commentator on the first authorized Russian edition of The Collected Works of Vladimir Nabokov in five volumes (1999-2001), and was the curator for the exhibition "Nabokov's Lolita: 1955-2005" in Washington, D.C., which celebrated the 50th anniversary of the publication of Lolita.

Cuprins

ContributorsAcknowledgmentsINTRODUCTION Breaking the Code: Nabokov and the Art of Short FictionYuri LevingA PRIMARY TEXT:Heart"Signs and Symbols"Vladimir NabokovFORUM: High pressurePsychosis, Performance, Schizophrenia, LiteratureHal Ackerman, Murray Biggs, John Crossley, Wayne Goodman, Yuri Leving, and Frederick White CRITICISMPART ONE: Bone StructureFrameworks Vladimir Nabokov's Correspondence with The New Yorker regarding "Signs and Symbols," 1946-1948Olga VoroninaLost in Revision: The Editing of "Signs and Symbols" for The New YorkerJohn MorrisConsulting the OracleMichael WoodPART TWO: Vascular SystemSignsArbitrary Signs and SymbolsAlexander N. DrescherThe Patterns of DoomBrian QuinnWays of Knowing in "Signs and Symbols"Terry J. MartinA Funny Thing about "Signs and Symbols"John B. LaneNamesYuri LevingPART THREE: Muscles of the StoryObjectsFive Known JarsCarol M. DoleFive Missing JarsGennady BarabtarloThe Last JarJoanna TrzeciakTrees and BirdsLarry R. AndrewsPhotographsMaria-Ruxanda BontilaCardsPekka TammiTelephoneAndrés Romero JódarPART FOUR: Nervous systemThe Importance of Reader ResponsePaul J. RosenzweigThe Jewish QuestYuri LevingSymbolsSigns of Reference, Symbols of DesignGeoffrey GreenSacred Dangers: Nabokov's Distorted ReflectionDavid FieldNumbersThe Mysticism of CircleMary TookeyThe Semiotics of ZeroMeghan Vicks PART FIVE: DissectionWeb of Contexts"Signs and Symbols" in and out of ContextsLeona Toker"Breaking the News" and "Signs and Symbols": SilentologyJoanna TrzeciakPnin and "Signs and Symbols": Narrative EntrapmentDavid H. RichterPnin and "Signs and Symbols": Narrative StrategiesWilliam CarrollPale Fire and "Signs and Symbols"Vladimir Mylnikov PART SIX: DNA TestingCracking the CodeThe Signs and Symbols in Nabokov's "Signs and Symbols"Alexander DolininThe Castling Problem in "Signs and Symbols"Yuri LevingReading MadlyIrving MalinDeciphering "Signs and Symbols"Larry R. AndrewsDecoding "Signs and Symbols"John V. HagopianThe Referential Mania: An Attempt of the Deconstructivist ReadingÁlvaro Garrido MorenoA Referential Reading of Nabokov's "Signs and Symbols"Charles W. MignonAn AfterwordJohn BanvilleAlternative Tables of ContentsChronological KeyAlphabetical KeyCreditsBibliographyIndex

Recenzii

"Signs or symbols, satire or realism, closure or no closure, soluble or insoluble riddle? Responding to the challenge presented by this enigmatic short story, aware that Nabokov did not believe in what he called 'the symbolism racket', the contributors to this excellent collection of articles have mobilized a wide spectrum of hermeneutics. Convinced, with John V. Hagopian, that 'no legitimate artist produces randomness', they gamely attempted to quiz the author's elusive figure, developing a brand of creative paranoia, yet never claiming, except in one case (Dolinin), to play the part of the oracle. The result is a challenging exercise of 'Practical Criticism' which touches upon the bone and structure of Nabokov's work." -- Maurice Couturier, Professor Emeritus, University of Nice, France, writer and translator, editor-in-chief of the Pléiade edtion of Nabokov's novels.
The critical anthology is called "Anatomy of a Short Story" not accidentally. What we have here is not a marauding or exhuming of a senseless body, but a study of a living artistic organism. Collective dissection presupposes using various methods, diversified optics and descriptive procedures. Yuri Leving's own array of scholarly interests turns "Anatomy" from a potentially dull registrar's compendium into a collection of peculiar and often unexpected utterances about Nabokov's text. This book will prove handy to anyone interested both in Nabokov as well as in studying literary texts in general.
Leving's collection is a huge achievement, and its scope is impressive, with thirty articles in total, mostly previously published, spanning over thirty years of scholarship. This is the book's foremost triumph and as such positions itself alongside the Garland Companion to Vladimir Nabokov, is a must for anyone interested in Nabokov's story and, more generally, the historical progression of Nabokov studies.
Following the success of his Keys to the Gift: A Guide to Vladimir Nabokov's Novel (Boston, MA, 2011) Leving's latest foray into Nabokov studies comes at a crucial moment in the field. Little has been published on Nabokov in recent years that matches the powerhouse of scholarship of the past; maybe the time is right to address where we are with Nabokov and, potentially, where we are going. In this regard Leving's collection is a huge achievement, and its scope is impressive, with thirty articles in total, mostly previously published, spanning over thirty years of scholarship. This is the book's foremost triumph and as such positions itself alongside the Garland Companion to Vladimir Nabokov (New York, 1995), is a must for anyone interested in Nabokov's story and, more generally, the historical progression of Nabokov studies.

Descriere

A unique anthology devoted to a single story-"Signs and Symbols" by Vladimir Nabokov-which exposes the way we read and interpret short stories.