Anatomy of a Short Story: Nabokov's Puzzles, Codes, Signs and Symbols

ISBN-13: 9781441196064 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 432 str.

Yuri Leving; John Banville

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Since its first publication in 1948, one of Vladimir Nabokov's shortest short stories, "Signs and Symbols," has generated perhaps more interpretations and critical appraisal than any other that he wrote. It has been called "one of the greatest short stories ever written" and "a triumph of economy and force, minute realism and shimmering mystery" (Brian Boyd, Vladimir Nabokov: The American Years).Anatomy of a Short Story contains: - the full text of "Signs and Symbols," line numbered and referenced throughout
- correspondence about the story, most of it never before published, between Nabokov and the editor of The New Yorker, where the story was first published
- 33 essays of literary criticism, bringing together classic essays and new interpretations
- a round-table discussion in which a screenwriter, a theater scholar, a mathematician, a psychiatrist, and a literary scholar bring their perspectives to bear on "Signs and Symbols"Anatomy of a Short Story illuminates the ways in which we interpret fiction, and the short story in particular.

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Contributors Acknowledgments INTRODUCTION   Breaking the Code: Nabokov and the Art of Short Fiction Yuri Leving A PRIMARY TEXT: Heart "Signs and Symbols" Vladimir Nabokov FORUM: High pressure Psychosis, Performance, Schizophrenia, Literature Hal Ackerman, Murray Biggs, John Crossley, Wayne Goodman, Yuri Leving, and Frederick White   CRITICISM PART ONE: Bone Structure Frameworks Vladimir Nabokov's Correspondence with The New Yorker regarding "Signs and Symbols," 1946-1948 Olga Voronina Lost in Revision: The Editing of "Signs and Symbols" for The New Yorker John Morris Consulting the Oracle Michael Wood PART TWO: Vascular System Signs Arbitrary Signs and Symbols Alexander N. Drescher The Patterns of Doom Brian Quinn Ways of Knowing in "Signs and Symbols" Terry J. Martin A Funny Thing about "Signs and Symbols" John B. Lane Names Yuri Leving PART THREE: Muscles of the Story Objects Five Known Jars Carol M. Dole Five Missing Jars Gennady Barabtarlo The Last Jar Joanna Trzeciak Trees and Birds Larry R. Andrews Photographs Maria-Ruxanda Bontila Cards Pekka Tammi Telephone Andrés Romero Jódar PART FOUR: Nervous system The Importance of Reader Response Paul J. Rosenzweig The Jewish Quest Yuri Leving Symbols Signs of Reference, Symbols of Design Geoffrey Green Sacred Dangers: Nabokov's Distorted Reflection David Field Numbers The Mysticism of Circle Mary Tookey The Semiotics of Zero Meghan Vicks   PART FIVE: Dissection Web of Contexts "Signs and Symbols" in and out of Contexts Leona Toker "Breaking the News" and "Signs and Symbols": Silentology Joanna Trzeciak Pnin and "Signs and Symbols": Narrative Entrapment David H. Richter Pnin and "Signs and Symbols": Narrative Strategies William Carroll Pale Fire and "Signs and Symbols" Vladimir Mylnikov   PART SIX: DNA Testing Cracking the Code The Signs and Symbols in Nabokov's "Signs and Symbols" Alexander Dolinin The Castling Problem in "Signs and Symbols" Yuri Leving Reading Madly Irving Malin Deciphering "Signs and Symbols" Larry R. Andrews Decoding "Signs and Symbols" John V. Hagopian The Referential Mania: An Attempt of the Deconstructivist Reading Álvaro Garrido Moreno A Referential Reading of Nabokov's "Signs and Symbols" Charles W. Mignon An Afterword John Banville Alternative Tables of Contents Chronological Key Alphabetical Key Credits Bibliography Index