Selected Poems of Vladimir Nabokov

Selected Poems of Vladimir Nabokov
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Though we know Vladimir Nabokov as a brilliant novelist, his first love was poetry. This landmark collection brings together the best of his verse, including many pieces that have never before appeared in English.

Â Â Â These poems span the whole of Nabokovâ€™s career, from the newly discovered â€œMusic,â€ written in 1914, to the short, playful â€œTo VÃ©ra,â€ composed in 1974. Many are newly translated by Dmitri Nabokov, including The University Poem, a sparkling novel in verse modeled on Pushkinâ€™s Eugene Onegin that constitutes a significant new addition to Nabokovâ€™s oeuvre. Included too are such poems as â€œLilithâ€, an early work which broaches the taboo theme revisited nearly forty years later in Lolita, and â€œAn Evening of Russian Poetryâ€, a masterpiece in which Nabokov movingly mourns his lost language in the guise of a versified lecture on Russian delivered to college girls. The subjects range from the Russian Revolution to the American refrigerator, taking in on the way motel rooms, butterflies, ice-skating, love, desire, exile, loneliness, language, and poetry itself; and the poet whirls swiftly between the brilliantly painted facets of his genius, wearing masks that are, by turns, tender, demonic, sincere, self-parodying, shamanic, visionary, and ingeniously domestic.
Country USA
Brand Knopf
Manufacturer Knopf
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9780307593351
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2012-05-29
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780307593351

Country	USA
Brand	Knopf
Manufacturer	Knopf
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	9780307593351
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2012-05-29
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780307593351

Selected Poems of Vladimir Nabokov

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