His characters' fragmented consciousness, and his use of However, Grin's detachment from a specific geopolitical reference, 'social demand' does not call for a comparison with Nabokov. In itself, Grin's refusal to engage in literature of Regret that 'only few people know him and few talk about him' Grin's works as 'true literature', it also expresses (13) featured an article 'Aleksandr Grin' by a writer with the He is dismissed as an 'author of fantasy novels, mostly for The Italics Are Mine in the 'Who is Who' section of her book, He appeared in passing in Nina Berberova's The emigre circles of the time, eventually finding himself isolated fromīoth literary worlds. (11) While gradually falling out ofįavour among Soviet critics, Grin also remained practically unnoticed in Growing wedge between Grin and the Soviet literary community, especiallyĭuring the latter part of the i920s. The markedly non-referential discourse of these works drove an ever The fictional towns of Grinlandia have names such as Zurbagan, In transliteration, they include Tirreiĭavenant, Roena Futroz, Ort Galeran, Runa Beguem, and Aleksandr Kaur Most of these names are from Romance or Germanic roots, they are not ofĪ single ethno-linguistic origin and most likely reflect Grin's Whose characters and places featured peculiarly un-Russian names. (9) Notably, as a settingįor much of his fiction, Grin invented the country of Grinlandia, (10) Occasion for which he was ostensibly writing. Which he described his daily activities without once mentioning the To the tenth anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution, Grin wrote a His overall literary approach in 1927, when asked to write a briefĮssay for a special edition of the magazine 30 dnei dedicated To engage with his contemporary socio-historical environment reflected Largely aloof from the literary circles of his time. Transcended any specific geopolitical context. Grin's works explored conflicts of the individual with society that Rare Soviet writers who refused to deal with topical themes and to (6) TheĪuthor of seven novels and over three hundred short stories, all of theįormer and a large part of the latter written after 1917, during theįormative years of the Soviet Union, Grin remained 'one of the very Grin holds a unique place among his Soviet contemporaries.
Interesting questions about a parallel development of Soviet and emigre Stylistic, aesthetic, and ideological principles in their prose, raising CloseĬontemporaries, Nabokov and Grin display an interest in a number of Of Aleksandr Grin (born Aleksandr Grinevskii, 1880-1932). ShrayerĪnd Professor Christopher Wilson of Boston College for their generousĬontribution of guidance, time, and effort during work on this article.Īnd interests suggest an imaginative engagement with the perplexing case I would like to express my gratitude to Professor Maxim D. Instance, contain the theme of imaginative return to his homelands It produced, however, Nabokov's connection with post-Revolutionary (4)ĭespite his alleged antipathy to Soviet Russia and the literature Writers of the 1920s and early 1930s remains particularly sparse. (3) research concerning his literary connections to Soviet Russian Largely because of Nabokov's special disdain for the Soviet regime, Research into literary influences on his oeuvre still remains uneven. Intertextual and biographical scrutiny is perhaps the main reason that (2) As his sole literary influence, he wouldĪcknowledge only Pierre Delalande, a fictional philosopher featured in Of more or less celebrated names for the purpose of passionateĬomparison'. Unconcealed resentment towards those 'reviewers scurrying in search Who sought to establish literary influences on his work. In the 1959 preface to the English translation of his Invitation toĪ Beheading, Vladimir Nabokov voiced a complaint against those readers Time and space were to him measures of the same eternity. Nabokov's oeuvre in relationship to Soviet Russian literature Manipulation of pictorial space, best illustrated by their novels GloryĪnd The Road to Nowhere respectively, provides a context for considering Through the use of this device, Nabokov and Grin transfer theirĬharacters to an embedded dimension of pure art that is not governed by Literal transference of privileged characters between visual and verbal SpecialĪttention is given to a device that both of these writers deploy: the Vladimir Nabokov's and Aleksandr Grin's prose. This article discusses the use of visual art as textual space in The Road to Nowhere, A Road to Glory: Vladimir Nabokov and
2005 Modern Humanities Research Association 26 Jul.
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MLA style: "The road to nowhere, a road to glory: Vladimir Nabokov and Aleksandr Grin." The Free Library.
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