The Cambridge Companion to Nabokov

Chronology Introduction: the many faces of Vladimir Nabokov Julian W. Connolly Part I. Contexts: 1. Strong opinions and nerve points: Nabokov's life and art Zoran Kuzmanovich 2. Nabokov as storyteller Brian Boyd 3. Nabokov as a Russian writer Alexander Dolinin 4. 'By some sleight of land': how Nabokov rewrote America Susan Elizabeth Sweeney 5. Nabokov and modernism John Burt Foster, Jr. Part II. Works: 6. Nabokov as poet Barry Scherr 7. Nabokov's short fiction Priscilla Meyer 8. The major Russian novels Julian W. Connolly 9. From Sirin to Nabokov: the transition to English Neil Cornwell 10. Nabokov's biographical impulse: art of writing lives Galya Diment 11. The Lolita phenomenon from Paris to Tehran Ellen Pifer 12. Nabokov's late fiction Michael Wood Part III. Related Worlds: 13. Nabokov and cinema Barbara Wyllie 14. Nabokov's world view Leona Toker A guide to further reading.