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Classics from The Nabokovian

From No. 8, Spring 1982 (Vladimir Nabokov Research Newsletter)
 

Professor Nabokov: A Review Essay
by Stephen Jan Parker

[Steve Parker (1939-2016) was a student of Nabokov's at Cornell, and a Professor at the University of Kansas; he was the founder of the Vladimir Nabokov Society (as it was then called) in 1978, and of its newsletter long edited by him, which became The Nabokovian and eventually "TheNabokovian.org."]

One may presume that with the appearance of Lectures on Russian Literature (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich & Bruccoli Clark, New York, 1981), following Lectures on Literature (1980), the public has now been given what is expected to be the complete record of Vladimir Nabokov's classroom teachings. If this is the case, then the reader of the two volumes of Lectures will come away with incomplete knowledge of both the content and approach that Nabokov brought to his courses. [Read More]

 

 

News

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.

CALL FOR PAPERS MLA CONVENTION 2021

Submitted by dana_dragunoiu on Tue, 03/03/2020 - 12:05

For its next session at the MLA Convention 2021 (7-10 January, Toronto), the IVNS welcomes proposals on the following theme:

Playing with/for Time: Nabokov's Persistent Images

Nabokov created persistent images (visual and other), which mark readers' minds not unlike the phenomenon of retinal persistence. How do such images survive, confer timelessness to his fiction, or anchor it in a specific temporality?

Please send a 250-word abstract to Lara Delage-Toriel (ldelage@unistra.fr) and a short bio by March 24th, 2020.

Announcing 2020 Prizes for Writing on Nabokov

Submitted by dana_dragunoiu on Mon, 02/10/2020 - 09:20

The International Vladimir Nabokov Society (IVNS) is currently seeking submissions for its 2020 Prizes, generously funded by the Vladimir Nabokov Literary Foundation, for excellence in undergraduate and graduate-level work, published articles, and books. Work can be self-nominated. The deadline for nominations is April 30th.

Founded in 1978, the IVNS exists to promote the study and appreciation of Nabokov's work and awards annual prizes for outstanding essays and books in Nabokov studies.