The Cambridge Companion to Nabokov

The Cambridge Companion to Nabokov provides a concise introduction to the creative world of one of the twentieth century''s most important writers. Fourteen individual essays cover such topics as Nabokov''s storytelling techniques his achievements as a short story writer his evolution as a novelist his relationship to the literary currents of his day his world-view and his lasting artistic legacy particularly through Lolita his most famous and controversial work. The volume also contains a chronology of his life and a guide to further reading.