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EDNOTE. My thanks to Julian Connolly who will teaching at the St. Petersburg
Nabokov Musem Program this summer. His note below is exactly the sort of
thing that NABOKV-L should feature.
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From: "Julian W. Connolly" <jwc4w@virginia.edu>
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> A couple of quick references:
>
> In a review of I. A. Esaulov's book, _Kategoriia sobornosti v russkoi
> literature_, [The Category of Organic Collectivity in Russian
Literature],
> Alexandar Mihailovic describes Esaulov's treatment of Nabokov as follows:
> "Nabokov's work represents an imagined post-lapsarian world where human
> connectedness is no longer possible...." (The Russian Review 62.1 [2003]:
> 152).
>
> Also in the same issue of _The Russian Review_ is Stanley Rabinowitz's
> review of Adam Weiner's book _By Author's Possessed: The Demonic Novel in
> Russia_. Rabinowitz writers glowingly of Weiner's chapter on Nabokov
> ("Nabokov and the Exorcism of the Novel), and he concludes: "For anyone
who
> has ever doubted the efficacy of including Nabokov in the tradition of
> classical Russian fiction, Weiner's study goes a long way in settling the
> issue" (155).
>
> Best,
> Julian
>
Nabokov Musem Program this summer. His note below is exactly the sort of
thing that NABOKV-L should feature.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Julian W. Connolly" <jwc4w@virginia.edu>
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>
> A couple of quick references:
>
> In a review of I. A. Esaulov's book, _Kategoriia sobornosti v russkoi
> literature_, [The Category of Organic Collectivity in Russian
Literature],
> Alexandar Mihailovic describes Esaulov's treatment of Nabokov as follows:
> "Nabokov's work represents an imagined post-lapsarian world where human
> connectedness is no longer possible...." (The Russian Review 62.1 [2003]:
> 152).
>
> Also in the same issue of _The Russian Review_ is Stanley Rabinowitz's
> review of Adam Weiner's book _By Author's Possessed: The Demonic Novel in
> Russia_. Rabinowitz writers glowingly of Weiner's chapter on Nabokov
> ("Nabokov and the Exorcism of the Novel), and he concludes: "For anyone
who
> has ever doubted the efficacy of including Nabokov in the tradition of
> classical Russian fiction, Weiner's study goes a long way in settling the
> issue" (155).
>
> Best,
> Julian
>