Author: Samuel Schuman File Type: pdf Nabokovs Shakespeare is a comprehensive study of an important and interesting literary relationship. It explores the many and deep ways in which the works of Shakespeare, the greatest writer of the English language, penetrate the novels of Vladimir Nabokov, one of the finest English prose stylists of the twentieth century. As a Russian youth, Nabokov read all of Shakespeare, in English. He claimed a shared birthday with the Bard, and some of his most highly regarded novels (Lolita, Pale Fire and Ada) are infused with Shakespeare and Shakespeareanisms. Nabokov uses Shakespeare and Shakespeares works in a surprisingly wide variety of ways, from the most casual references to deep thematic links. Schuman provides a taxonomy of Nabokovs Shakespeareanisms a quantitative analysis of Shakespeare in Nabokov an examination of Nabokovs Russian works, his early English novels, the non-novelistic writings (poetry, criticism, stories), Nabokovs major works, and his final novels and a discussion of the nature of literary relationships and influence. With a Foreword by Brian Boyd.** Nabokovs Shakespeare is a comprehensive study of an important and interesting literary relationship. It explores the many and deep ways in which the works of Shakespeare, the greatest writer of the English language, penetrate the novels of Vladimir Nabokov, one of the finest English prose stylists of the twentieth century. As a Russian youth, Nabokov read all of Shakespeare, in English. He claimed a shared birthday with the Bard, and some of his most highly regarded novels (Lolita, Pale Fire and Ada) are infused with Shakespeare and Shakespeareanisms. Nabokov uses Shakespeare and Shakespeares works in a surprisingly wide variety of ways, from the most casual references to deep thematic links.Schuman provides a taxonomy of Nabokovs Shakespeareanisms a quantitative analysis of Shakespeare in Nabokov an examination of Nabokovs Russian works, his early English novels, the non-novelistic writings (poetry, criticism, stories), Nabokovs major works, and his final novels and a discussion of the nature of literary relationships and influence. With a Foreword by Brian Boyd.

Author: Florian Sobieroj File Type: epub The present volume is a study of the phenomena of variance in the manuscripts of Arabic didactic poems composed between the eleventh and the seventeenth centuries in an area stretching from Andalusia to Chinas borders. Categories of variance such as relating to text, number of verses, and the means of controlling them in the manuscripts are identified. The book also portrays the cultural background to the study of Arabic didactic poetry.

Author: Robert Frost File Type: epub A deluxe edition of Frosts early poems, selected by poet David Orr for the centennial of The Road Not Taken For one hundred years, Robert Frosts The Road Not Taken has enchanted and challenged readers with its deceptively simple premisea person reaches a fork in the road, facing a choice full of doubt and possibility. The Road Not Taken and Other Poemspresents Frosts best-loved poem along with other works from his brilliant early years, including such poems as After Apple-Picking, The Oven Bird, and Mending Wall. Award-winning poet and critic David Orrs introduction discusses why Frost remains so central (if often misunderstood) in American culture and how the beautiful intricacy of his poetry keeps inviting generation after generation to search for meaning in his work. For more than sixty-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,500titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust theseries to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-datetranslations by award-winning translators. From the Trade Paperback edition. **

Author: Abigail McEwen File Type: epub Modernism in Havana reached its climax during the turbulent years of the 1950s as a generation of artists took up abstraction as a means to advance artistic and political goals in the name of Cuba Libre. During a decade of insurrection and, ultimately, revolution, abstract art signaled the countrys cultural worldliness and its purchase within the international avant-garde. This pioneering book offers the first in-depth examination of Cuban art during that time, following the intersecting trajectories of the artist groups Los Once and Los Diez against a dramatic backdrop of modernization and armed rebellion. Abigail McEwen explores the activities of a constellation of artists and writers invested in the ideological promises of abstraction, and reflects on arts capacity to effect radical social change. Featuring previously unpublished artworks, new archival research, and extensive primary sources, this remarkable volume excavates a rich cultural history with links to the development of abstraction in Europe and the Americas.