Lectures on literature / Vladimir Nabokov; edited by Fredson Bowers; introduction by John Updike.
By: Nabokov, Vladimir
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Contributor(s): Updike, John.
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BookPlace of publication: New YorkPublisher: HarcourtDate of publication: 1980Description: 385 pages: partly illustrated, 19 cm.ISBN: 0-15-602775-5.Subject(s): Fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism -- Addresses, essays, lectures | Fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism -- Addresses, essays, lecturesDDC classification: 891.7342 N112 1980 Summary: For nearly twenty years, first at Wellesley and then at Cornell, Vladimir Nabokov introduced undergraduates to the delights of great fiction. With an insightful introduction by John Updike, here are Nabokov's famous lectures on seven literary masterpieces.
- Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
- Bleak house by Charles Dickens
- Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
- Swann's way by Marcel Proust
- The metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
- Ulysses by James Joyce
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
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High School Department Reading Area (Main - HS) | 800-899 Literature | 891.7342 N112 1980 (Browse shelf) | no. 18293 | Available |
Includes appendix.
For nearly twenty years, first at Wellesley and then at Cornell, Vladimir Nabokov introduced undergraduates to the delights of great fiction. With an insightful introduction by John Updike, here are Nabokov's famous lectures on seven literary masterpieces.
- Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
- Bleak house by Charles Dickens
- Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
- Swann's way by Marcel Proust
- The metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
- Ulysses by James Joyce
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
(From the back cover)
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