Vladimir Nabokov: Poetry and the Lyric Voice
- ISBN-10
- 1442640200
- ISBN-13
- 9781442640207
- Series
- Vladimir Nabokov
- Category
- Literary Criticism
- Pages
- 447
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Author
- Paul Duncan Morris
Description
Morris re-evaluates Nabokov's poetry and demonstrates that poetry was in fact central to his identity as an author and was the source of his distinctive authorial - lyric - voice.
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