TY - GEN T1 - Nabokov's Art of Memory and European Modernism. A1 - Foster, John Burt, Jr LA - English PP - Princeton PB - Princeton University Press YR - 2001 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn707068792 AB - Despite Vladimir Nabokov's hostility toward literary labels, he clearly recognized his own place in cultural history. In a fresh approach stressing Nabokov's European context, John Foster shows how this writer's art of memory intersects with early twentieth-century modernism. Tracing his interests in temporal perspective and the mnemonic image, in intertextual "reminiscences," and in individuality amid cultural multiplicity, the book begins with such early Russian novels as Mary, then treats his emerging art of memory from Laughter in the Dark to The Gift. After discussing the author's cultura. OP - 279 CN - PG3476.N3 Z666 1993 SN - 9781400820894 SN - 1400820898 SN - 9780691069715 KW - Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, : 1899-1977 : Criticism and interpretation. KW - Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, : 1899-1977 KW - Modernism (Literature) : Europe. KW - European literature : History and criticism. KW - Autobiographical memory in literature. KW - Modernisme (Littérature) : Europe. KW - Littérature européenne : Histoire et critique. KW - Mémoire épisodique dans la littérature. KW - LITERARY CRITICISM : Russian & Former Soviet Union. KW - Autobiographical memory in literature KW - European literature KW - Modernism (Literature) KW - Europe KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc. ER -