E-Book, Englisch, 192 Seiten
Reihe: Bollingen Series
Nabokov Notes on Prosody and Abram Gannibal
Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-1-4008-7592-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
E-Book, Englisch, 192 Seiten
Reihe: Bollingen Series
ISBN: 978-1-4008-7592-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
Two appendixes from Nabokov's famous edition of Eugene Onegin: his study of versification in English and Russian poetry, and his "term paper" on Pushkin’s Ethiopian ancestor.
Originally published in 1965.
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Weitere Infos & Material
Frontmatter, pg. i
Contents, pg. v
Author’s Note, pg. vii
1. Prosodies, pg. 3
2. Feet, pg. 4
3. The Scud, pg. 9
4. Tilted Scuds, pg. 17
5. Spondees, pg. 27
6. Elisions, pg. 30
7. The Origination of Metrical Verse in Russia, pg. 33
8. Difference in Modulation, pg. 46
9. Examples of Modulations, pg. 51
10. Counts of Modulations in Eugene Onegin, pg. 69
11. Other Meters and Rhythms, pg. 76
12. Differences in Use of Meter, pg. 80
13. Rhyme, pg. 82
Index, pg. 97
Foreword, pg. 107
Pushkin’s Comments Published During His Lifetime, pg. 108
Pushkin’s Ancestors, pg. 111
The Documents, pg. 112
Dates of Abram Gannibal’s Birth and Death, pg. 114
Gannibal’s Origin, pg. 116
Gannibal's Birthplace, pg. 118
Gannibal’s Sister, pg. 125
Gannibal’s Parentage, pg. 127
Gannibal’s Enslavement, pg. 131
Gannibal in Turkey, pg. 134
Gannibal and Raguzinski, pg. 139
Gannibal’s First Years in Russia (1706–16), pg. 143
Gannibal in Western Europe (1716–23), pg. 148
Gannibal and Annibal, pg. 152
Gannibal’s Later Years in Russia (1723–81), pg. 153
Conclusions, pg. 155
Works Consulted, pg. 162
Index, pg. 169
