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The Presence of Nabokov in Bitov's Fiction and Nonfiction: Bitov and Nabokov, Bitov on Nabokov, Nabokov in Bitov
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This essay explores the existence of an exclusive and complex literary relationship between Andrei Bitov and Vladimir Nabokov, whom Bitov considers to be his closest spiritual antecedent. This relationship originated at the very start of Bitov's career, and since then has found numerous reflections in Bitov's densely intertextual fictional and discursive texts. These texts can be classified into four major categories: 1) commentaries to various works that synthesize fictional and critical discourse, among which the "Commentary" to Pushkin House stands out as the most informative example; 2) fictional texts with references and allusions to Nabokov; 3) discursive texts dedicated specifically to Nabokov; and 4) miscellaneous interviews and texts that mention Nabokov. Inquiry into some of these texts written by Bitov reveals extraordinary affinities-stylistic, linguistic, thematic, and philosophical-with Nabokov.
Title: The Presence of Nabokov in Bitov's Fiction and Nonfiction: Bitov and Nabokov, Bitov on Nabokov, Nabokov in Bitov
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This essay explores the existence of an exclusive and complex literary relationship between Andrei Bitov and Vladimir Nabokov, whom Bitov considers to be his closest spiritual antecedent.
This relationship originated at the very start of Bitov's career, and since then has found numerous reflections in Bitov's densely intertextual fictional and discursive texts.
These texts can be classified into four major categories: 1) commentaries to various works that synthesize fictional and critical discourse, among which the "Commentary" to Pushkin House stands out as the most informative example; 2) fictional texts with references and allusions to Nabokov; 3) discursive texts dedicated specifically to Nabokov; and 4) miscellaneous interviews and texts that mention Nabokov.
Inquiry into some of these texts written by Bitov reveals extraordinary affinities-stylistic, linguistic, thematic, and philosophical-with Nabokov.
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