The perception of V. Nabokov in Russian criticism (1921-1991): O. Dubankova

“Perception of Nabokov in Russian criticism” is the story of reading Nabokov’s works in emigrant literary circles and in the Soviet Union, documented chronicle in its own way of invaluable and unique reader experience. The diverse material of the book – from the exquisite reviews of Georgy Adamovich to dry notes in the BSE, from anonymous articles to brilliant literary mystifications “to bypass censorship” – helps to understand how the models of Nabokov’s perception gradually changed, as well as how much the opinions about their artistic value were politically and ideologically determined.

Author
Dyubankova O. N.
Publisher
Icarus, 2008