Between Rhyme and Reason: Vladimir Nabokov, Translation, and Dialogue Contributor(s): Shvabrin, Stanislav (Author) |
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ISBN: 1487502990 ISBN-13: 9781487502997 Publisher: University of Toronto Press OUR PRICE: $80.75 Product Type: Hardcover Published: May 2019 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Modern - 20th Century - Literary Criticism | Eastern European (see Also Russian & Former Soviet Union) - Literary Criticism | Modern - 21st Century |
Dewey: 891.734 |
LCCN: 2018276963 |
Physical Information: 1.4" H x 5.9" W x 9.1" (1.75 lbs) 440 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe - Chronological Period - 21st Century |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The author of such global bestsellers as Lolita and Pale Fire, Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977) is also one of the most controversial literary translators and translation theorists of modern time. In Between Rhyme and Reason, Stanislav Shvabrin discloses the complexity, nuance, and contradictions behind Nabokov's theory and practice of literalism to reveal how and why translation came to matter to Nabokov so much. Drawing on familiar as well as unknown materials, Shvabrin traces the surprising and largely unknown trajectory of Nabokov's lifelong fascination with translation to demonstrate that, for Nabokov, translation was a form of intellectual communion with his peers across no fewer than six languages. Empowered by Mikhail Bakhtin's insights into the interactive roots of literary creativity, Shvabrin's interpretative chronicle of Nabokov's involvement with translation shows how his dialogic encounters with others in the medium of translation left verbal vestiges on his own creations. Refusing to regard translation as a form of individual expression, Nabokov translated to communicate with his interlocutors, whose words and images continue to reverberate throughout his allusion-rich texts. |
Contributor Bio(s): Shvabrin, Stanislav: - Stanislav Shvabrin is an associate professor of Russian in the Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. |