Vladimir Nabokov

The keyword Vladimir Nabokov is tagged in the following 2 articles.

Gender and Power in Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita

May 18, 2011 - 3842 words | Literary Criticism » Lolita

In Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita, the overriding force of the narrator, Humbert Humbert, is his need to prove himself master of everything: other people, his own desires, fate, and language itself. Time and time again through Lolita we see Humbert’s most extreme... Read Article »

Keywords:

Gender Power Lolita Vladimir Nabokov

The 1905 Russian Revolution through the Eyes of Vladimir Nabokov in "Speak, Memory"

January 26, 2011 - 2271 words | History » Russia

The insight that Vladimir Nabokov provides into the 1905 Russian Revolution, in his book Speak, Memory, sometimes merges with the general view--presented, for example, by Nicholas V. Riasanovsky in a more traditional account--but at many other times is totally unique... Read Article »

Keywords:

1905 Russian Revolution Vladimir Nabokov Speak Memory Russian History Russian Revolution Of 1905 Russia