Nabokov's Women: The Silent Sisterhood of Textual Nomads

By: Rakhimova-Sommers, Elena

Book Overview

Nabokov's Women: The Silent Sisterhood of Textual Nomads is the first book-length study to focus on Nabokov's relationship with his heroines. Essays by distinguished Nabokov scholars explore the multilayered and nomadic nature of Nabokov's women: their voice and voicelessness, their absentness, the paradigm of power and sacrifice within which they are situated, the paradox of their unattainability, their complex relationship with textual borders,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1498503322
• ISBN13: 9781498503327
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"