{"product_id":"between-rhyme-and-reason-vladimir-nabokov-translation-and-dialogue-hardback-9781487502997","title":"Between Rhyme and Reason; Vladimir Nabokov, Translation, and Dialogue (Hardback) 9781487502997","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBetween Rhyme and Reason\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eVladimir Nabokov, Translation, and Dialogue\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eStanislav Shvabrin (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487502997\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 28 May 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e440 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 16.5 x 3.2 cm, 0.78 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Overall, Shvabrin has written an extremely thorough, learned, and \u0026amp;#x2018;phenomenally useful\u0026amp;#x2019; book. While it perhaps does not entirely lift the \u0026amp;#x2018;veil of mystery\u0026amp;#x2019; surrounding Nabokov\u0026amp;#x2019;s baffling conversion to literalism and polemic dismissal of any alternate approach, it greatly advances our understanding of Nabokov\u0026amp;#x2019;s evolution as a translator and highlights to what extent translations formed an integral and crucial part of his life and work.\" \u003c\/p\u003e - Adrian Wanner, Pennsylvania State University (\u003cem\u003eSlavic Review\u003c\/em\u003e) \u003cp\u003e\"This book is a very useful addition to the already extensive list of considerations of Nabokov\u0026amp;#x2019;s artistic interactions with his two major languages. One of Stanislav Shvabrin\u0026amp;#x2019;s goals is to trace the logic of Nabokov\u0026amp;#x2019;s development as a translator and the importance of Nabokov\u0026amp;#x2019;s investment in translation for an understanding of his artistic history. The chapters on the early Sirin are particularly illuminating in their detailed considerations of aspects of his artistic evolution, especially his juvenilia.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - Elizabeth K. Beaujour, Hunter College and the CUNY Graduate Center (\u003cem\u003eThe Russian Review, Vol 79\u003c\/em\u003e, July 2020) \u003cp\u003e\"When one reads Shvabrin\u0026amp;#x2019;s monograph, it is clear that he is a great admirer of Nabokov in addition to being one of the most knowledgeable scholars on the smallest details of Nabokov\u0026amp;#x2019;s life and art, all while never shying away from showing Nabokov\u0026amp;#x2019;s contradictions, sometimes to redeem them, sometimes not.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - Julie Loison-Charles, Université de Lille (\u003cem\u003eLinguistica Antverpiensia\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author of such global bestsellers as \u003ci\u003eLolita\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePale Fire\u003c\/i\u003e, Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977) is also one of the most controversial literary translators and translation theorists of modern time. In \u003ci\u003eBetween Rhyme and Reason\u003c\/i\u003e, Stanislav Shvabrin discloses the complexity, nuance, and contradictions behind Nabokov\u0026amp;#x2019;s theory and practice of literalism to reveal how and why translation came to matter to Nabokov so much.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDrawing on familiar as well as unknown materials, Shvabrin traces the surprising and largely unknown trajectory of Nabokov\u0026amp;#x2019;s lifelong fascination with translation to demonstrate that, for Nabokov, translation was a form of intellectual communion with his peers across no fewer than six languages. Empowered by Mikhail Bakhtin\u0026amp;#x2019;s insights into the interactive roots of literary creativity, Shvabrin\u0026amp;#x2019;s interpretative chronicle of Nabokov\u0026amp;#x2019;s involvement with translation shows how his dialogic encounters with others in the medium of translation left verbal vestiges on his own creations. Refusing to regard translation as a form of individual expression, Nabokov translated to communicate with his interlocutors, whose words and images continue to reverberate throughout his allusion-rich texts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eOn Transliteration and Translation \u003cbr\u003eAbbreviations \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Before Sirin: A Foretaste of Translation (1910–1919) \u003cbr\u003e2. Before Nabokov: Sirin Translates (1919–1936)\u003cbr\u003e3. Before \u003ci\u003eEugene Onegin\u003c\/i\u003e: \"Sinning Lovingly, Sinning Tenderly\" (1940–1955) \u003cbr\u003e4. \u003ci\u003eEugene Onegin\u003c\/i\u003e in Its Element (1955–1965) \u003cbr\u003e5. Beyond \u003ci\u003eEugene Onegin\u003c\/i\u003e (1965–1977) \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography　\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52681229631768,"sku":"9781487502997","price":43.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/between-rhyme-and-reason-vladimir-nabokov-translation-and-dialogue-hardback-9781487502997","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}