Keys To The Gift

Yuri Leving's 'keys To 'the Gift': AGuide To Vladimir Nabokov's Novel' Is ANew Systematization Of The Main Available Data On Nabokov's Most Complex Russian Novel, 'the Gift' From Notes In Nabokov's Private Correspondence To Scholarly Articles Accumulated During The Seventy Years Since The Novel's First Appearance In Print, The Work Draws From ABroad Spectrum Of Existing Material In ASuccinct And Coherent Way, As Well As Providing Innovative AnalysesThe First Part Of The Monograph, 'the Novel,' Outlines The Basic Properties Of 'the Gift' plot, Characters, Style, And Motifs And Reconstructs Its Internal ChronologyThe Second Part, 'the Text,' Describes The Creation Of The Novel And The History Of Its Publication, Public And Critical Reaction, Challenges Of English Translation, And Postsoviet ReceptionAlong With Annotations To All Five Chapters Of 'the Gift,' The Commentary Provides Insight Into Problems Of Paleography, Featuring Unique Textological Analysis Of The Novel Based On The Author's Study Of The Archival Copy Of The Manuscript.
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