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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Auteur principal: Karshan, Thomas (Auteur)
Format: Electronic Resource
Langue:English
Publié: Oxford, New York Oxford University Press 2011.
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