Lectures on Russian literature

Vladimir Nabokov

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1981 - Literary Criticism - 352 pages

The author's observations on the great nineteenth-century Russian writers-Chekhov, Dostoevsky, Gogol, Gorky, Tolstoy, and Turgenev. “This volume... never once fails to instruct and stimulate. This is a great Russian talking of great Russians” (Anthony Burgess). Edited and with an Introduction by Fredson Bowers; illustrations.

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User Review  - Sasha - Goodreads

Not quite surprised about how much Nabokov admired Chekhov's and Tolstoy's work and not to be outdone, his vitriol was definitely onslaught with Dostoeyvsky's writings which I found as a pet peeve but ...

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User Review  - Kiof - Goodreads

A total blowhard, but like some other blowhards, he has some insight. His criticisms of Dostoevsky are on-point- he definitely is a "slap-dash comedian" in some respects (at least in Brothers K ...

Contents

• NIKOLAY GOGOL: 15
• IVAN TURGENEV: 63
• FYODOR DOSTOEVSKI: 97
• LEO TOLSTOY: 137
• ANTON CHEKHOV: 245
• MAXIM GORKI: 297
• Philistines and Philistinism: 309
• The Art of Translation: 315
• LEnvoi: 323

About the author

Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977), Russian-born poet, novelist, literary critic, translator, and essayist was awarded the National Medal for Literature for his life's work in 1973. He taught literature at Wellesley, Stanford, Cornell, and Harvard. He is the author of many works including Lolita, Pale Fire, Ada, and Speak, Memory.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Lectures on Russian literature; A Harvest book
• Author: Vladimir Nabokov
• Editors: Fredson Thayer Bowers, Simon Karlinsky
• Contributors: Fredson Thayer Bowers, Simon Karlinsky
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1981
• ISBN: 0156027763, 9780156027762
• Length: 352 pages
• Subjects: Literary Criticism / Russian & Former Soviet Union; Literary Criticism / Semiotics & Theory