01506nam a2200325 a 4500 EDZ0000077021 StDuBDS 20150804193946.0 m||||||||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 110509s2011 enk fo| 001 0 eng d 9780191725333 (ebook) : No price StDuBDS StDuBDS PG3476.N3 891.7342 22 Karshan, Thomas. Vladimir Nabokov and the art of play [electronic resource] / Thomas Karshan. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011. 1 online resource. Oxford English monographs In a 1925 speech, Nabokov declared that 'everything in the world plays', including 'love, nature, the arts and domestic puns.' Thomas Karshan draws on early writings and archival material to argue that play is Nabokov's signature theme, and that his novels form one of the most sophisticated treatments of play ever achieved. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 11, 2011). Includes bibliographical references and index. Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977 Criticism and interpretation. Play in literature. Literature. eflch Print version 9780199603985 Oxford English monographs. Oxford scholarship online http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199603985.001.0001 38418 38418