Vladimir Nabokov and the art of play

Vladimir Nabokov and the art of play

In a speech given in December 1925, Vladimir Nabokov declared that 'everything in the world plays', including 'love, nature, the arts, and domestic puns.' All of Nabokov's novels contain scenes of games: chess, scrabble, cards, football, croquet, tennis, and boxing, the play...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Karshan, Thomas (Author)
Format: Electronic Resource
Language:English
Published: Oxford, New York Oxford University Press 2011.
Subjects:
Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich > 1899-1977 > Criticism and interpretation.
Play in literature.
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