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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 second feature is Nabokov's poem "Shakespeare," translated by Dmitri Nabokov. Enjoy your reading!

 

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Ada: Notes to Part 2 Chapter 4

Submitted by Brian_Boyd on Mon, 03/15/2021 - 16:21

Dear all,

The Annotations and Forenote and Afternote to Ada Pt 2 Ch 4 (Van on dreams) are now available on this website here. The Annotations to Ada Pt 2 Ch 2 are now available, with their hyperlinked motifs and illustrations, on AdaOnline.

Once again I am grateful to Steve Blackwell for sharp-eyed copyediting and valuable suggestions. All additional corrections and suggestions welcome.

Enjoy!

Brian Boyd

Announcing Volume XIV (2020) of Nabokov Online Journal (NOJ) and Call for Nominations for Prizes

Submitted by dana_dragunoiu on Mon, 02/22/2021 - 04:44

From Yuri Leving, Editor of NOJ

The new issue of the journal will be launched on 15 March, 2021. A Table of Contents can be previewed here:
http://www.nabokovonline.com/current-volume1.html

We invite nominations for two awards: The NOJ Prize for the Best Scholarly Contribution in the Area of Nabokov Studies and for the Best Student Essay on Nabokov.

Commemorating the Life and Work of Don Barton Johnson (1933-2020)

Submitted by dana_dragunoiu on Tue, 02/16/2021 - 04:36

Dear Colleagues,

This is a reminder that, in memory of our dear colleague Professor Emeritus Don Barton Johnson (1933-2020), who passed away this past year, the Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara would like to invite you to a virtual commemoration of Don's life and work on Sunday, February 28th, 2021 at 1pm PST [please note that this is Pacific Standard Time in the US and Canada]. If you wish to see the program of speakers, please email your request to dana.dragunoiu@carleton.ca. There will be a brief piano prelude and postlude featuring Russian composers.