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Insomniac Dreams Experiments with Time by Vladimir Nabokov
Title
Insomniac Dreams [electronic resource] : Experiments with Time by Vladimir Nabokov / by Vladimir Nabokov ; compiled, edited, & with commentaries by Gennady Barabtarlo.
ISBN
1400888964
9781400888962
069116794X
9780691167947
9780691196909
Published
Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2018] (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
Physical Description
1 online resource (xiv, 202 pages :) illustrations ;
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Summary
First publication of an index-card diary in which Nabokov recorded sixty-four dreams and subsequent daytime episodes, allowing the reader a glimpse of his innermost life.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 15, 2020
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-198) and indexes.
Contents
Chronic condition. Dream, memory ; Dunne and his theory ; Nabokov's experiment
Dreamer's log
More dreams. Prior to the experiment ; After the experiment ; In letters to wife ; In the book of memoirs
The art of dreaming. Professional ; Doom ; Daytime impressions ; Memories of the remote past ; Precognitive ; Erotic ; Nested ; Life is a dream ; Oneitic realism ; Father ; Insomnia
Artistic time. Two prime mysteries ; The Montreux novels ; Boomeranging time ; Clarity of vision ; Conclusion.
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Diaries.
Diaries.
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