Nabokov's Invitation to a Beheading - A Critical Companion

In an unnamed dream country, Cincinnatus C. is condemned to death by beheading for "gnostical turpitude", an imaginary crime that defies definition. After spending his last days in jail, he simply wills his executioners out of existence.

About the author

JULIAN W. CONNOLLY is Professor and Chair of the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Virginia, USA.He has taught university courses on Dostoevsky for over twenty years

Summary

Julian Connolly's companion to Vladimir Nabokov's Invitation to a Beheading includes a general introduction discussing the work in the context of Nabokov's oeuvre as well as its place within the Russian literary tradition. Also included are primary sources and other background materials.

Product details

• Authors: Vladimir Nabokov
• Assisted by: Julian W Connolly (Editor), Julian W. Connolly (Editor)
• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.09.1997
• EAN: 9780810112711
• ISBN: 978-0-8101-1271-1
• No. of pages: 193
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 272 g
• Series: NWP/AATSEEL Critical Companions to Russian Literature; Northwestern/Aatseel Critical; Northwestern/Aatseel Critical; NWP/AATSEEL Critical Companions to Russian Literature; Aatseel
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies