Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0004628, Tue, 14 Dec 1999 09:49:30 -0800

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Table of Contents of "Symposium" Russian VN Edition (fwd)
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EDITOR's NOTE. This in-progress set with its copious notes by first-class
Russian Nabokov specialists should be the standard citation edition for
all who write about the Russian Nabokov. Information on obtaining the set was
previously sent. The Publisher "Symposium" in St Petersburg may be
contacted at <Symposium@neva.spb.ru>. The first two volume are now out.
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VOLUME l: 1926. 830 Pages. The first volume opens with Dolinin's essay
"Istinnaya zhizn' "Pisatelya Sirina" and falls into the subdivisions below.

Stories: Divided into uncollected and those pre-1926 stories
in Vozvrashchenie Chorba.

Prose Translations:

1) Romain Rolland's Colas Breugnon [NIKOLKA PERSIK]; 2) Lewis Carroll's
ANYA V STRANE CHUDES [Alice in Wonderland].

Poetry: All of the poetry
published in VN's collections plus uncollected items and VN's poetry
translations of Seamus O'Sullivan, Ronsard, and Baudelaire.

Plays (all, with the sole exception of "Tragediya gospodina Morna").
Essays & Reviews. Plus 60 pages of Maria Malikova's Notes.Issued in April
1999.
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VOLUME 2 (Blue) 1926 – 1st half of 1930. 780 Pages.

Introduction essay “Istinnaya zhizn’ pisatelya Sirina – Pervye
romany” by Alexander Dolinin

Novels: MASHEN’KA. KOROL’, DAMA, VALET. ZASCHITA LUZHINA

Stories (1926-—1930 in Vozvraschenie Chorba;

Uncollected stories: Britva. Rozhdestvenskii Rasskaz).

Poetry: 1926-—30 in Vozvraschenie Chorba;
Uncollected poetry of the same period (including two version of Rasstrel);
Poetry translations (including A.Tennyson'’s n Memoriam)

Play: Chelovek iz SSSR, Act 1.

Reviews (including reviews on ‘The Exhibition of A. Nakhman-Acharia’,
M.Stoian ‘Kham’, I.Odoevtseva ‘Isolda’, Pamiati U.Aikhenva

Detailed commentaries by Maria Malikova (Mashenka, Play), Vera Polischuk
(Korol’, Dama, Valet), Olga Skonechnaya (Zaschita Luzhina), Yuri Leving
(Stories, Poetry), Roman Timenchik (Reviews).

Newly described divergences of the different editions of the novels and,
especially, of the poetry. Issued 1st of OCTOBER 1999!

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VOLUME 3: (Violet) 1930, July – 1934. Approx. 830 Pages

Introductory essay by Alexander Dolinin.

Novels: SOGLIADATAI (Short novel). PODVIG. CAMERA
OBSCURA. OTCHAYANIE.

Stories: Stories of Sogliadatai, of Vesna v Fialte.

Poetry: Poetry of ‘Stikhotvorenia 192-—1951’, Russian poetry
of ‘Poems and Problems’, Uncollected items; Poetry translation
Reviews and essays.

Detailed commentaries by Olga Skonechnaya
(Sogliadatai, Otchayanie, Fialta Stories), Grigori Utgof (Podvig),
Yanovskii (Camera Obscura),Yuri Leving (Sogliadatai Stories), Maria
Malikova (Poetry), Roman Timenchik (Reviews and essay). Expected
publication date--Xmas 1999.
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VOLUME 4 (Scarlet book jacket) 1935-—1937. Approx. 80pp.

Introductory essay by Alexander Dolinin.

Novels: DAR. PRIGLASHENIE NA KAZN’

Stories: Stories of Sogliadatai, of Vesna v
Fialte.

Poetry.??.

Reviews and essay.

Commentaries by
Alexander Dolinin, Maria Malikova, Yuri Leving, Olga Skonechnaya, Roman
Timenchik.

Planned issue in February/March 2000.

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VOLUME 5 (Yellow/Gold) 1938-—1977. Approx. 800 Pages

Introduction by Alexander Dolinin.

Novels. SOLUS REX. ULTIMA THULE. VOLSHEBNIK (Short and unfinished novels)
DRUGIE BEREGA. (Autobiography novel).

Stories: Stories of Vesna v Fialte.

Plays: Sobytie. Izobretenie Val’sa

Poetry: Poetry of ‘Stikhotvorenia 1929—1951’, Russian items of ‘Poems and
Problems’, Uncollected poetry.

Essays and Reviews.

Commentaries by Alexander
Dolinin, Maria Malikova, Olga Skonechnaya, Roman Timenchik.

Planned publication: Summer 2000.
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The above contents listings for vols. 3-5 is the subject to slight change
since of small Nabokov texts may continue to be discovered during the
process of editing (there were two yesterday). This is the final division
of the volumes. Any known items not included in the above will, we hope,
gather in a Supplement.



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