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Welcome to the official site of the International Vladimir Nabokov Society (IVNS). You can access most of the site as you wish, but to add to or edit material wiki-style, as we would love you to do, you will have to register to the site by following the protocol spelled out below.

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New Feature: Classics from The Nabokovian

Introducing a new feature: read classic materials from the archives of the print version of The Nabokovian. Selected by the site's editors, contents will be featured free of charge and will vary quarterly. Full access to all of the print and electronic issues of The Nabokovian are available on this site to members of the International Vladimir Nabokov Society (IVNS). To join, please go here.

Our third feature is "Colloquy on Browning's Door" from the 34th issue (1995) of The Nabokovian.  Enjoy your reading!

 

News

Resource Sharing Initiative

Submitted by dana_dragunoiu on Fri, 05/01/2020 - 14:08

Dear Nabokovians:

During these extraordinary times of library closures around the world, many
scholars are unable to get the materials they need to continue doing
research. To alleviate this problem, I am offering, as General Editor of
The Nabokovian, to serve as a hub for the sharing of resources. If you are
a scholar in need of a chapter or article that you cannot get access to by
other means, please email me your request. If you are a scholar willing to
share materials from your own library, please email me to let me know that
I can include you on a list of volunteers. Whenever I receive a request, I

Papers to be presented at MLA Convention 2021

Submitted by dana_dragunoiu on Mon, 04/06/2020 - 09:58

Lara Delage-Toriel, President of the International Vladimir Nabokov Society, is happy to announce the following Nabokov panel at next year's MLA Convention:

Panel Title: "Playing with/for Time: Nabokov's Persistent Images"

Eric Eklund (PhD candidate, Nottingham University), "Ever Moving Repose: All Space, All Time, and the Infinite Gaze of Sudarg’s Triptych"

George Mather (DPhil candidate, Oxford University),  "'Thematic Designs': Nabokov Persistent and Purposive"

Announcement from Yuri Leving, Editor of NOJ

Submitted by dana_dragunoiu on Fri, 03/27/2020 - 14:58

Dear NOJ friends, members of the Editorial Board and the authors of Vol. XIII:

I would like to thank you all for your wonderful cooperation and for making this issue of the Nabokov Online Journal possible - despite the unfolding crisis! In addition to launching the new issue, we've made our entire digital archive free. You are welcome to forward this link to peers and friends, and to all those who might find solace these days in reading VN or anything related to his legacy: http://www.nabokovonline.com/news.html

We are humbled and grateful to The Vladimir Nabokov Literary Foundation for their generous support.