Nabokov's Pale Fire: The Magic of Artistic Discovery Paperback - 2001
by Brian Boyd
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The second paragraph continues in the same apparently bloodless critical vein but its pulse soon starts to twitch erratically: "The short (166 lines) Canto One, with all those amusing birds and parhelia, occupies thirteen cards.
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"No one knows more about Nabokov and his works than Brian Boyd does, and this book is obviously a work of passion. It enlivens our sense of a marvelous novel, it encourages generous close reading, and it makes the best case possible for the general human value of Nabokov's fiendish cleverness."--Michael Wood, Princeton University, author of The Magician's Doubts: Nabokov and the Risks of Fiction
"Brian Boyd is Nabokov's ideal, astute, and observant reader, paying attention to every detail which, for Nabokov, was the essence of all writing and all reading. Boyd does so not only intelligently and thoughtfully but also lovingly."--Galya Diment, University of Washington
"This is a remarkable piece of literary detective work. Brian Boyd brings to bear on Nabokov's most elaborately encrypted novel an acute attention to textual detail and a vast fund of relevant learning, coupled with endlessly resourceful ingenuity. The result is a provocative thesis about the structure and meaning of the novel-seemingly a "solution" but, as he himself grants, really grounds for continuing discussion, and in any case, a vivid demonstration of the excitements of skilled reading."--Robert Alter, University of California, Berkeley
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- Title Nabokov's Pale Fire: The Magic of Artistic Discovery
- Author Brian Boyd
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Later Printing
- Pages 320
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Princeton University Press, Princeton
- Date 2001-11-04
- ISBN 9780691089577 / 0691089574
- Weight 0.99 lbs (0.45 kg)
- Dimensions 9.23 x 6.11 x 0.81 in (23.44 x 15.52 x 2.06 cm)
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- Cultural Region: Eastern Europe
- Cultural Region: Russian
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 99030682
- Dewey Decimal Code 813.54
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