The Translator's Doubts: Vladimir Nabokov and the Ambiguity of Translation 9781618117038
Using Vladimir Nabokov as its “case study,” this volume approaches translation as a crucial avenue into literary history
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English Pages 248 [252] Year 2017
Table of contents :
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1. Nabokov’s Beginnings: “Ania” in Wonderland or “Does Asparagus Grow in a Pile of Manure?”
Chapter 2. The Novel on Translation and “über-Translation”: Nabokov’s Pale Fire and Eugene Onegin
Chapter 3. “Cinemizing” as Translation: Nabokov’s Screenplay of Lolita and Stanley Kubrick’s and Adrian Lyne’s Cinematic Versions
Conclusion. Vladimir Nabokov within the Russian and Western Traditions of Translation
Selected Bibliography
Index
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1. Nabokov’s Beginnings: “Ania” in Wonderland or “Does Asparagus Grow in a Pile of Manure?”
Chapter 2. The Novel on Translation and “über-Translation”: Nabokov’s Pale Fire and Eugene Onegin
Chapter 3. “Cinemizing” as Translation: Nabokov’s Screenplay of Lolita and Stanley Kubrick’s and Adrian Lyne’s Cinematic Versions
Conclusion. Vladimir Nabokov within the Russian and Western Traditions of Translation
Selected Bibliography
Index
