Norman, Will (2006) The Real Life of Sebastian Knight and the Modernist Impasse. Nabokov Studies, 10 . pp. 67-97. ISSN 1080-1219. E-ISSN 1548-9965. (doi:10.1353/nab.2007.0014) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:55173)
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Abstract
This article takes issue with the notion that Nabokov ignored or repressed the historical in his fiction. It proposes that Nabokov's formal innovation in The Real Life of Sebastian Knight constitutes a complex response to modernity. Through examination of the novel's historical-cultural location, its high modernist intertexts, and its manipulation of various forms of temporality, I demonstrate how Nabokov here engages with "the modernist impasse," a perceived crisis in autonomous, experimental fiction during the 1930s.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| DOI/Identification number: | 10.1353/nab.2007.0014 |
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P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN441 Literary History |
| Divisions: | Divisions > Division of Arts and Humanities > School of English |
| Depositing User: | Will Norman |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Apr 2016 09:49 UTC |
| Last Modified: | 16 Nov 2021 10:22 UTC |
| Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/55173 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
University of Kent Author Information
Norman, Will.
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 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4967-8213
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