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Lectures on Literature
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For two decades, first at Wellesley and then at Cornell, Nabokov introduced undergraduates to the delights of great fiction. Here, collected for the first time, are his famous lectures, which include Mansfield Park, Bleak House, and Ulysses. Edited and with a Foreword by Fredson Bowers; Introduction by John Updike; illustrations.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #54540 in Books
- Published on: 2002-12-16
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 416 pages
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About the Author
Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977), Russian-born poet, novelist, literary critic, translator, and essayist was awarded the National Medal for Literature for his life's work in 1973. He taught literature at Wellesley, Stanford, Cornell, and Harvard. He is the author of many works including Lolita, Pale Fire, Ada, and Speak, Memory.
Fredson Bowers (1905-1991) was a textual scholar of great accomplishment, in addition to an educator at Harvard, Princeton, and the University of Virginia.
