Collected Poems

Name: Collected Poems
Brand: Vladimir Nabokov
SKU: 9780141192260
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by Vladimir Nabokov

Title:

Collected Poems

Author:

Vladimir Nabokov

Series (if any):

Penguin Modern Classics

Format:

Paperback

Number of pages:

256 pages

Publisher:

TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale

ISBN-13:

9780141192260

EAN:

9780141192260

Classifications:

Poetry

Weight (g):

312

Dimensions (mm):

195 x 125 x 19

Publication Country:

United Kingdom

Language:

English

Condition:

New

Price:£9.07

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Description

These masterly poems span the decades of Nabokov's career, from 'Music', written in 1914, to the short, playful 'To Vera', composed in 1974. 'The University Poem', one of Nabokov's major poetic works, is here in English for the first time: an extraordinary autobiographical poem looking back at his time at Cambridge, with its dinners, girls and memories, it is suffused with rich description, wit and verbal dexterity. Included too are the surreally comic 'A Literary Dinner', the enchanting, 'Eve', the wryly humorous 'An Evening of Russian Poetry' and a meditation on the act of creation, 'Tolstoy', as well as verse written on America, lepidoptery, sport, love and Nabokov's Russian homeland.