European nabokov web, classicism and t.s. eliot, the
Auteur :
Davies, Robin H.
Éditeur :
Academic Studies Press
ISBN :
9781936235650
Date de publication :
15 sept. 2011
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,5 cm
Poids :
595 g
Format :
Cloth over boards
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Demonstrates that Nabokov’s Pale Fire has a classical unity and represents a direct attack on T.S. Eliot’s philosophical position, particularly as given in The Waste Land and as represented by Eliot’s later tendency for conservatism in literature, politics and religion. Davies places Pale Fire in its vast European context, forming a bridge between Russian and European literature.