Vladimir Nabokov claimed, speaking of Laughter in the Dark: I wanted to write the entire book as if it were a film. The relevance of film to the novelist's art remains a preoccupying question in recent American fiction: writers must decide whether to acknowledge the medium that is a defining element of America's collective unconscious and, if so, how to deploy it successfully toward a written work of fiction. In situating Nabokov within America's literary and cinematic traditions, this book throws new light on Nabokov's treatment of film in his work, focusing on major texts set against key...
Vladimir Nabokov claimed, speaking of Laughter in the Dark: I wanted to write the entire book as if it were a film. The relevance of film to the novel...
