Shades of Laura : Vladimir Nabokov's Last Novel, the Original of Laura.

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Nabokov's "Swan Song" -- A PICTURE IN FRAGMENTS -- Chronology of the Novel in Fragments: Composition, Publication, Reception -- Publishing Laura -- READING IS FUN: APPROACHES TO ANALYSIS -- Vanishing Fragments -- Terminating the Phrase -- Worlds Apart: Lolita, Laura, and the Shadows of Difference -- Nabokov's Last Smile -- The Original of Laura and Nietzsche: A Zarathustran Tool? -- Looking for Flora: Deviance and Disclosure in Nabokov's The Original of Laura -- Reading the Posthumous Postmodern: Laura's Productive Fragments -- CRITICAL RECEPTION -- The Problem with Nabokov -- Trump Cards -- In the Cards, a Last Hand -- A Generous Gift to Readers -- The Nabokov Mess -- Vladimir Nabokov, Reduced to Notes -- An Earnest Proposal to Dmitri Nabokov -- Genius Erased -- A Curiosity for Nabokov's Fans -- Deaths of the Authors -- The Critics' Laura -- A TOOLBOX -- Translating Laura -- AFTERWORD -- The Last Word - Or Not? On Some Cards Named Laura -- Notes -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.

Understanding Nabokov's oeuvre through a detailed look at the posthumous publication of his unrealized novel.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.