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Nabokov and the Question of Morality
. Ed(S): Rodgers, Michael; Sweeney, Susan Elizabeth
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Hardback. Editor(s): Rodgers, Michael; Sweeney, Susan Elizabeth. Num Pages: 252 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HPJ; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 219 x 20. Weight in Grams: 468.
The first collection to address the vexing issue of Nabokov’s moral stances, this book argues that he designed his novels and stories as open-ended ethical problems for readers to confront. In a dozen new essays, international Nabokov scholars tackle those problems directly while addressing such questions as whether Nabokov was a bad reader, how he defined evil, if he believed in God, and how he constructed fictional works that led readers to become aware of their own moral positions. In order to elucidate his engagement with aesthetics, metaphysics, and ethics, Nabokov and the Question of Morality explores specific concepts in ... Read more
The first collection to address the vexing issue of Nabokov’s moral stances, this book argues that he designed his novels and stories as open-ended ethical problems for readers to confront. In a dozen new essays, international Nabokov scholars tackle those problems directly while addressing such questions as whether Nabokov was a bad reader, how he defined evil, if he believed in God, and how he constructed fictional works that led readers to become aware of their own moral positions. In order to elucidate his engagement with aesthetics, metaphysics, and ethics, Nabokov and the Question of Morality explores specific concepts in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
Number of Pages
241
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137596666
SKU
V9781137596666
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About . Ed(S): Rodgers, Michael; Sweeney, Susan Elizabeth
Michael Rodgers is a Teaching Assistant at the University of Strathclyde, UK, where he completed his PhD dissertation on the relationship between Vladimir Nabokov’s fiction and Friedrich Nietzsche’s philosophy. He is currently researching the idea of uncomfortable humor in twentieth-century literature. Susan Elizabeth Sweeney is Professor of English at the College of the Holy Cross, USA. The author of over ... Read more
Reviews for Nabokov and the Question of Morality
“A wide-ranging set of essays that both sharpen the focus and broaden the field, to include issues of ethics, aesthetics and metaphysics, as well as comparative studies that reveal the extent of Nabokov’s engagement with formative developments in Russian and European literature and thought.” (Barbara Wyllie, Slavonic and East European Review SEER, Vol. 97 (2), April, 2019) “Nabokov ... Read more