Мастера европейской прозы

V nachale 1980‑h godov blagodaria usiliiam naslednikov Vladimira Nabokova i amerikanskogo tekstologa F. Bouersa chitateliam otkrielas novaia gran mnogoobraznogo darovaniia znamenitogo avtora "Lolitie" i "Adie". Sobranniee v tri toma universitetskie lekcii Nabokova po russkoi i evropeiskoi literature, prochitanniee v Uellsli, Kornelle i Garvarde v 1940–1950 gg. , ne tolko raskrievali zapadnoi auditorii bolshoi i iarkii mir Gogolia, Turgeneva, Tolstogo, Dostoevskogo, Chehova i v novom svete predstavliali Dikkensa, Flobera, Prusta, Kafku i Djoisa, no i udivitelniem obrazom dopolnili pisatelskii obraz samogo Nabokova. Prochtenie lekcii Nabokova, sochetaushih biograficheskie ocherki s detalniemi razborami i originalniemi traktovkami znamenitieh proizvedenii, stalo neobhodimiem usloviem proniknoveniia v tvorcheskoe soznanie genialnogo pisatelia i v samu sushnost togo, chto zovetsia iskusstvom literaturie. V nastoiashem izdanii vperviee vosproizvoditsia polniei perevod lekcii Nabokova o masterah evropeiskoi prozie s soprovoditelniemi i faksimilniemi materialami. Pomimo primechanii F. Bouersa, izdanie snabjeno kommentariiami redaktora. . Znamenitiei kurs lekcii, prochitanniei Nabokoviem v luchshih universitetah Ameriki. – Idealniei provodnik v mir klassicheskoi evropeiskoi literaturie. – Jivoi i iarkii vzgliad na velikie hudojestvenniee proizvedeniia. – Izdanie soderjit naibolee polniei perevod lekcii na russkii iaziek. – Sostavliaet edinoe celoe s tomom “Lekcii po russkoi literature”. – Seriia “Nabokovskii korpus”.

In the early 1980s, thanks to the efforts of the heirs of Vladimir Nabokov and the American textual critic F. Bowers, readers discovered a new facet of the diverse talents of the famous author of Lolita and Ada. Nabokov's university lectures on Russian and European literature, collected in three volumes and delivered at Wellesley, Cornell and Harvard in 1940-1950, not only revealed to Western audiences the large and vibrant world of Gogol, Turgenev, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Chekhov and presented Dickens, Flaubert, Proust, Kafka and Joyce in a new light, but also amazing this image complemented the literary image of Nabokov himself. Reading Nabokov's lectures, combining biographical sketches with detailed analyses and original interpretations of famous works, became a necessary condition for penetrating into the creative consciousness of the brilliant writer and into the very essence of what is called the art of literature. This edition reproduces for the first time the complete translation of Nabokov's lectures on the masters of European prose with accompanying and facsimile materials. In addition to the notes by F. Bowers, the edition is provided with comments by the editor. . The famous lecture course given by Nabokov at the best universities in America. – An ideal guide to the world of classical European literature. – A lively and vivid look at great works of art. – The publication contains the most complete translation of lectures into Russian. – It forms a single whole with the volume “Lectures on Russian Literature". – The Nabokov Corps series.