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THE NABOKOVIAN. Number 41 (Fall 1998)
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EDITOR's NOTE. As you all know, 1999 is the centenary of Nabokov's birth.
Nabokov is unquestionably one of the major writers of the XXth century and
his work continues to be a source of great pleasure to a very wide
audience. The Nabokov Centenary is being marked world-wide. The
International Vladimir Nabokov Society plays a major role in some of these
events and provides many services to the public: among them -- THE
NABOKOVIAN and the scholary journal NABOKOV STUDIES, NABOKV-L, and our
website ZEMBLA. These activities reflect the efforts of many individuals
and require both time and expense. Membership in the Society and
subscription to its publications is one way of showing your appreciation
and is the only way that the Society can maintain its activities.
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THE NABOKOVIAN, the twice yearly publication of the International Vladimir
Nabokov Society, celebrated its twentieth anniversary this spring.
Launched by one-time Nabokov student Steve Parker, co-founder of the IVNS
and Chair of the Russian Department at the University of Kansas, the
journal is the primus inter pares among the now numerous activities of the
Society. Subscription to the journal is automatic upon joining the Nabokov
Society. For individuals, Society membership is a modest $15 per annum.
For information about overseas subscriptions, institutional memberships,
airmail rates, etc., contact Professor Parker at
<sjparker@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>. Mailing address:
THE NABOKOVIAN
Slavic languages and Litertures
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas 66045
This issue is a particularly important one in that it contains, in
addition to the usual features, a 40-page Master Index covering the entire
twenty year history of the journal: bibliography, annotations, abstracts,
conference news, etc. The current issue alsocontains editor Parker's
survey of Nabokov Centary events and Dmitri Nabokov's Keynote Address at
the September, 1998 Nabokov Centenary Festival at Cornell. The "Notes and
Brief Commentaries" section, edited by Gennady Barabtarlo, contains David
Rutledge's "The Otherworldly Role of Water" in several VN novels;
"Negative Action (An Odd Source for Invitation to
Beheading)"--specifically for the Russian version of the "Socrates Must
Decrease" which the author attributes to a tale of Prince Vyazemski;
"Ada's Springboard" - a response by Brian Boyd to comments by Charles
Nicol about Boyd's treatment of the genesis of Ada; Gene Barabtarlo's
"The Art of Archery" on Nabokov's story "A Russian Beauty"; and Gabriel
Shapiro's "Cornell References in Pnin." Shapiro is, of course, Chair of
the Russian Literature program at Cornell and organizer of last
September's Splended Nabokov Centenary Festival there.
Brian Boyd's continuing series "Annotations to ADA" #12. Part I, Chapter
12 concludes the issue. These annotations are the state-of-the-art
explications of ADA and are an absolture necessity for anyone doing
research on Nabokov most complex novel.
Nabokov is unquestionably one of the major writers of the XXth century and
his work continues to be a source of great pleasure to a very wide
audience. The Nabokov Centenary is being marked world-wide. The
International Vladimir Nabokov Society plays a major role in some of these
events and provides many services to the public: among them -- THE
NABOKOVIAN and the scholary journal NABOKOV STUDIES, NABOKV-L, and our
website ZEMBLA. These activities reflect the efforts of many individuals
and require both time and expense. Membership in the Society and
subscription to its publications is one way of showing your appreciation
and is the only way that the Society can maintain its activities.
-------------------------------
THE NABOKOVIAN, the twice yearly publication of the International Vladimir
Nabokov Society, celebrated its twentieth anniversary this spring.
Launched by one-time Nabokov student Steve Parker, co-founder of the IVNS
and Chair of the Russian Department at the University of Kansas, the
journal is the primus inter pares among the now numerous activities of the
Society. Subscription to the journal is automatic upon joining the Nabokov
Society. For individuals, Society membership is a modest $15 per annum.
For information about overseas subscriptions, institutional memberships,
airmail rates, etc., contact Professor Parker at
<sjparker@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>. Mailing address:
THE NABOKOVIAN
Slavic languages and Litertures
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas 66045
This issue is a particularly important one in that it contains, in
addition to the usual features, a 40-page Master Index covering the entire
twenty year history of the journal: bibliography, annotations, abstracts,
conference news, etc. The current issue alsocontains editor Parker's
survey of Nabokov Centary events and Dmitri Nabokov's Keynote Address at
the September, 1998 Nabokov Centenary Festival at Cornell. The "Notes and
Brief Commentaries" section, edited by Gennady Barabtarlo, contains David
Rutledge's "The Otherworldly Role of Water" in several VN novels;
"Negative Action (An Odd Source for Invitation to
Beheading)"--specifically for the Russian version of the "Socrates Must
Decrease" which the author attributes to a tale of Prince Vyazemski;
"Ada's Springboard" - a response by Brian Boyd to comments by Charles
Nicol about Boyd's treatment of the genesis of Ada; Gene Barabtarlo's
"The Art of Archery" on Nabokov's story "A Russian Beauty"; and Gabriel
Shapiro's "Cornell References in Pnin." Shapiro is, of course, Chair of
the Russian Literature program at Cornell and organizer of last
September's Splended Nabokov Centenary Festival there.
Brian Boyd's continuing series "Annotations to ADA" #12. Part I, Chapter
12 concludes the issue. These annotations are the state-of-the-art
explications of ADA and are an absolture necessity for anyone doing
research on Nabokov most complex novel.