书目

SelectedPoems

内容简介

ThoughweknowVladimirNabokovasabrilliantnovelist,hisfirstlovewaspoetry.Thislandmarkcollectionbringstogetherthebestofhisverse,includingmanypiecesthathaveneverbeforeappearedinEnglish.ThesepoemsspanthewholeofNabokov’scareer,fromthenewlydiscovered“Music,”writtenin1914,totheshort,playful“ToVéra,”composedin1974.ManyarenewlytranslatedbyDmitriNabokov,includingTheUniversityPoem,asparklingnovelinversemodeledonPushkin’sEugeneOneginthatconstitutesasignificantnewadditiontoNabokov’soeuvre.Includedtooaresuchpoemsas“Lilith”,anearlyworkwhichbroachesthetaboothemerevisitednearlyfortyyearslaterinLolita,and“AnEveningofRussianPoetry”,amasterpieceinwhichNabokovmovinglymournshislostlanguageintheguiseofaversifiedlectureonRussiandeliveredtocollegegirls.ThesubjectsrangefromtheRussianRevolutiontotheAmericanrefrigerator,takinginonthewaymotelrooms,butterflies,ice-skating,love,desire,exile,loneliness,language,andpoetryitself;andthepoetwhirlsswiftlybetweenthebrilliantlypaintedfacetsofhisgenius,wearingmasksthatare,byturns,tender,demonic,sincere,self-parodying,shamanic,visionary,andingeniouslydomestic.

作者简介

VLADIMIRNABOKOVstudiedFrenchandRussianliteratureatTrinityCollege,Cambridge,thenlivedinBerlinandParis,writingprolificallyinRussianunderthepseudonymSirin.In1940,heleftFrancefortheUnitedStates,wherehewrotesomeofhisgreatestworks—BendSinister(1947),Lolita(1955),Pnin(1957),andPaleFire(1962)—andtranslatedhisearlierRussiannovelsintoEnglish.HetaughtatWellesley,Harvard,andCornell.HediedinMontreux,Switzerland,in1977.ThomasKarshanistheauthorofVladimirNabokovandtheArtofPlayandco-translatorofNabokov’sTheTragedyofMisterMorn.PreviouslyaresearchfellowatChristChurch,Oxford,andQueenMary,UniversityofLondon,heisnowalecturerinliteratureattheUniversityofEastAnglia.HelivesinLondonandNorwich.,,,

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