How Long to Read Nabokov's Art of Memory and European Modernism

How Long Does it Take to Read Nabokov's Art of Memory and European Modernism?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 49 minutes to read Nabokov's Art of Memory and European Modernism by John Burt Foster, Jr.

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Despite Vladimir Nabokov's hostility toward literary labels, he clearly recognized his own place in cultural history. In a fresh approach stressing Nabokov's European context, John Foster shows how this writer's art of memory intersects with early twentieth-century modernism. Tracing his interests in temporal perspective and the mnemonic image, in intertextual "reminiscences," and in individuality amid cultural multiplicity, the book begins with such early Russian novels as Mary, then treats his emerging art of memory from Laughter in the Dark to The Gift. After discussing the author's cultural repositioning in his first English novels, Foster turns to Nabokov's masterpiece as an artist of memory, the autobiography Speak, Memory, and ends with an epilogue on Pale Fire. As a cross-cultural overview of modernism, this book examines how Nabokov navigated among Proust and Bergson, Freud and Mann, and Joyce and Eliot. It also explores his response to Baudelaire and Nietzsche as theorists of modernity, and his sense of Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, and Pushkin as modernist precursors. As an approach to Nabokov, the book reflects the heightened importance of autobiography in current literary study. Other critical issues addressed include Bakhtin's theory of intertextuality, deconstructive views of memory, Benjamin's modernism of memory, and Nabokov's assumptions about modernism as a concept.

How long is Nabokov's Art of Memory and European Modernism?

Nabokov's Art of Memory and European Modernism by John Burt Foster, Jr. is 279 pages long, and a total of 72,261 words.

This makes it 94% the length of the average book. It also has 88% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Nabokov's Art of Memory and European Modernism Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 34 minutes to read Nabokov's Art of Memory and European Modernism aloud.

What Reading Level is Nabokov's Art of Memory and European Modernism?

Nabokov's Art of Memory and European Modernism is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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