Siggy Frank

Nabokov's Theatrical Imagination

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The first detailed study of Nabokov's plays and of the function of theatrical performance in his fiction.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. August 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 337g
• ISBN-13: 9781107479791
• ISBN-10: 1107479797
• Artikelnr.: 42139289

Autorenporträt

Siggy Frank is Lecturer in Russian Studies at the University of Nottingham.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Trying theatre: Nabokov's playwriting
2. Theatre on trial: Nabokov's dramaturgy
3. Thresholds and transgressions: The Man from the USSR, The Event and Invitation to a Beheading
4. Theatre dreams: The Tragedy of Mr Morn, The Waltz Invention and Invitation to a Beheading
5. Puppets and masks: King, Queen, Knave and Despair
6. Shakespeare's Ghost: The Real Life of Sebastian Knight, 'That in Aleppo Once...' and Bend Sinister
Conclusion: performing identity
Bibliography
Index.