| Description |
xviii, 410 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-392) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction. Breaking the code : Nabokov and the art of short fiction / Yuri Leving -- A primary text : Heart. "Signs and symbols" / Vladimir Nabokov -- Forum : High pressure. Psychosis, performance, schizophrenia, literature / Hal Ackerman, Murray Biggs, John N. Crossley, Wayne Goodman, Yuri Leving, and Frederick White -- Criticism. Vladimir Nabokov's correspondence with The New Yorker regarding "Signs and symbols," 1946-8 / Olga Voronina -- Lost in revision : the editing of "Signs and symbols" for The New Yorker / J. Morris -- Consulting the oracle / Michael Wood -- Arbitrary signs and symbols / Alexander N. Drescher -- The patterns of doom / Brian Quinn -- Ways of knowing in "Signs and symbols" / Terry J. Martin -- A funny thing about "Signs and symbols" / John B. Lane -- Names / Yuri Leving -- Five known jars / Carol M. Dole -- Five missing jars / Gennady Barabtarlo -- The last jar / Joanna Trzeciak -- Trees and birds / Larry R. Andrews -- Photographs / Maria-Ruxanda Bontila -- Cards / Pekka Tammi -- Telephone / Andrés Romero Jódar -- The importance of reader response / Paul J. Rosenzweig -- The Jewish quest / Yuri Leving -- Signs of reference, symbols of design / Geoffrey Green -- Sacred dangers : Nabokov's distorted reflection / David Field -- The mysticism of circle / Mary Tookey -- The semiotics of zero / Meghan Vicks -- "Signs and symbols" in and out of contexts / Leona Toker -- "Breaking the news" and "Signs and symbols" : silentology / Joann Trzeciak -- Pnin and "Signs and symbols" : narrative entrapment / David H. Richter -- Pnin and "Signs and symbols" : narrative strategies / William Carroll -- Pale fire and "Signs and symbols" / Vladimir Mylnikov -- The signs and symbols in Nabokov's "Signs and symbols" / Alexander Dolinin -- The castling problem in "Signs and symbols" / Yuri Leving -- Reading madly / Irving Malin -- Deciphering "Signs and symbols" / Larry R. Andrews -- Decoding "Signs and symbols" / John V. Hagopian -- The referential mania : an attempt of the deconstructivist reading / Álvaro Garrido Moreno -- A referential reading of Nabokov's "Signs and symbols" / Charles W. Mignon -- An afterword / John Banville. |
| Summary |
"Anatomy of a Short Story illuminates the ways in which we interpret fiction and the short story in particular."--p. [4] of cover. |
| Subject |
Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Short story.
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Short story. |
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Literature -- Aesthetics.
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Literature -- Aesthetics. |
| Added Author |
Leving, I͡Uriĭ.
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| ISBN |
9781441142634 paperback alkaline paper |
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1441142630 paperback alkaline paper |
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9781441196064 hardcover alkaline paper |
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1441196064 hardcover alkaline paper |
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