The author's observations on the great nineteenth-century Russian writers-Chekhov, Dostoevsky, Gogol, Gorky, Tolstoy, and Turgenev. "This volume... never once fails to instruct and stimulate. This is a great Russian talking of great Russians" (Anthony Burgess). Edited and with an Introduction by Fredson Bowers; illustrations.
Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977), Russian-born poet, novelist, literary critic, translator, and essayist was awarded the National Medal for Literature for his life's work in 1973. He taught literature at Wellesley, Stanford, Cornell, and Harvard. He is the author of many works including Lolita, Pale Fire, Ada, and Speak, Memory.
The natural background and all things relevant to the perception of the senses hardly exist. What landscape there is is a landscape of ideas, a moral landscape. The weather does not exist in his world, so it does not much matter how people dress. Dostoevski characterizes his people through situation, through ethical matters, their psychological reactions, their inside ripples. After describing the looks of a character, he uses the old-fashioned device of not referring to his specific physical appearance any more in the scenes with him. (查看原文)
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2 有用 phageous 2021-07-11 07:06:01
这本书给我最强烈的感觉在于，我对文学的理解与纳博科夫的理解的差异。纳博科夫的视角下，文学"文以载道“的意义是低级的，作为一种以文字为载体的艺术形式，其自身拥有可以分析与鉴赏的艺术价值和体系。选词，语感，修辞，节奏，结构，想象力，这些都是文学作为艺术的关键元素；而作品描绘了什么，给读者带来怎样的非艺术体验与共鸣，则是不重要的。从这个标杆来说，可以理解他像迷妹一样跪舔托尔斯泰，而给陀思妥耶夫斯基打不及... 这本书给我最强烈的感觉在于，我对文学的理解与纳博科夫的理解的差异。纳博科夫的视角下，文学"文以载道“的意义是低级的，作为一种以文字为载体的艺术形式，其自身拥有可以分析与鉴赏的艺术价值和体系。选词，语感，修辞，节奏，结构，想象力，这些都是文学作为艺术的关键元素；而作品描绘了什么，给读者带来怎样的非艺术体验与共鸣，则是不重要的。从这个标杆来说，可以理解他像迷妹一样跪舔托尔斯泰，而给陀思妥耶夫斯基打不及格。然而阅读多年的我，始终难以接受这样的标准。在我看来，文学的至高价值，并不在文本的美感，而在于它可以成为humanity的载体，这是许多别的艺术形式所不具备的能力。也许，我并不是纳博科夫笔下那种，拥有天分的读者吧。 (展开)
1 有用 镜子的背面 2019-10-21 18:03:15
edited, with an introduction by Fredson Bowers. 1981年Harcourt Brace Jovanovich出版
0 有用 shakespears 2019-12-24 10:06:03
在读ing
0 有用 jikeba 2020-10-10 04:14:32
没看完。还行吧。印象最深的还是前言。
0 有用 howchou 2021-10-18 23:34:40
一本不能看中文版的书