Vladimir Nabokov was always a controversial writer. Long before the furore that attended the publication of Lolita, controversy raged over the virtues of his work. His detractors insisted that, although he wrote nine Russian novels, he had forsaken the humanistic concerns of the Russian literary tradition, while his supporters claimed that his work actually extended and enriched that tradition. David Rampton faces these apparent contradictions head on and, adopting a more detached, critical perspective than is usually found in writing on Nabokov, he tries to reach a more balanced, integrated view of the novelist's achievement. Rampton assembles evidence from Nabokov's own critical writings to show that the relationship of art to human life is central to Nabokov's work. He pursues this argument through a close reading of novels from different stages of Nabokov's career. What emerges is a provocative and stimulating revaluation of Nabokov that will interest any serious student of twentieth-century literature.

Vladimir Nabokov (Modern Novelists)

Literature & Fiction

Rampton, David

History & Criticism

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

Vladimir Nabakov considers the novelist's aesthetic precepts and practice and the distinctive character of his work and the book also gives consideration of his fiction in the larger context of the modernist and postmodernist enterprise. It analyses the importance of the novels' challenges to all sorts of aesthetic and moral presumptions (including some of Nabakov's own). Readers are thus encouraged to draw their own conclusions about the issues raised in Nabakov's work.

Vladimir Nabokov (Palgrave Modern Novelists Series, 5)

World Literature

Red Globe Press

Vladimir Nabokov: A Critical Study of the Novels (Cambridge Studies in Russian Literature)

Cambridge University Press

<p>Vladimir Nabokov was always a controversial writer. Long before the furore that attended the publication of Lolita, controversy raged over the virtues of his work. His detractors insisted that, although he wrote nine Russian novels, he had forsaken the humanistic concerns of the Russian literary tradition, while his supporters claimed that his work actually extended and enriched that tradition. David Rampton faces these apparent contradictions head on and, adopting a more detached, critical perspective than is usually found in writing on Nabokov, he tries to reach a more balanced, integrated view of the novelist's achievement. Rampton assembles evidence from Nabokov's own critical writings to show that the relationship of art to human life is central to Nabokov's work. He pursues this argument through a close reading of novels from different stages of Nabokov's career. What emerges is a provocative and stimulating revaluation of Nabokov that will interest any serious student of twentieth-century literature.</p>

Prose Models: Canadian, American, and British Essays for Composition

Levin, Gerald

Lynch, Gerald

HARCOURT, BRACE

Prose Models Second Canadian Edition

HOLT. RINEHART AND WINSTON

<p>With the plethora of textbooks and articles addressing inflammatory bowel disease now available, what place is there for another book on Crohn's disease? There have been major advances in treatment in recent years, and the time is now ripe for this practical and up-to-date text on management options. Presenting the latest information on Crohn's Disease, Management of Crohn's Disease focuses on etiopathogenesis, clinical features, drug and surgical treatment, and management of complications. It discusses all aspects of treatment, such as the surgical management, medical management, and other approaches to the treatment and highlights the disease occurring in children and during pregnancy. The content and structure make it a practical guide to diagnosis and treatment of patients with Crohn's Disease.</p>

Management of Crohn's Disease

Medical Books

Greig, Emma

Medicine

CRC-Press

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