Lectures on Russian Literature

18 hrs. 0 min.

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Language Russian

Author Vladimir Nabokov

Narrator Oleg Dorman

In lectures Vladimir Nabokov delivered in prestigious universities such as Wellesley, Cornell, and Harvard in 1940–1950, you can hear him enter into a discussion with Gogol and express his admiration for Tolstoy. These lectures are a true intellectual journey, where the gifted writer serves as a guide through classical literature. In the early 1980s, thanks to the efforts of Nabokov’s heirs and the American textual scholar F. Bowers, readers gained access to a new side of the multifaceted talent of the author of the famous novels “Lolita” and “Ada.” In three volumes, Nabokov’s university lectures are collected, devoted to Russian and European literature—lectures he delivered at Wellesley, Cornell, and Harvard in 1940–1950. These lectures not only revealed to Western listeners the world of giants such as Gogol, Turgenev, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, and Chekhov, but also offered a fresh perspective on Dickens, Flaubert, Proust, Kafka, and Joyce—while also adding new features to Nabokov’s own image as a writer. Lectures that blend biographical notes with deep analyses and original interpretations of well-known works became the key to understanding the creative world of a genius and the very essence of literary art. The edition in question is the first complete translation into Russian of “Lectures on Russian Literature” and includes all illustrations from the original. A significant part of the material and essays is presented in new translations, supplemented with the editor’s comments and F. Bowers’s notes.

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