Eugene Onegin A Novel in Verse: Text (Vol. 1) |
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Author:
| Pushkin, Aleksandr |
Translator:
| Nabokov, Vladimir |
Introduction by:
| Nabokov, Vladimir |
Foreword by:
| Boyd, Brian |
Series title: | Princeton Classics Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-691-18101-1 |
Publication Date: | Oct 2018 |
Publisher: | Princeton University Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $32.99 |
Book Description:
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When Vladimir Nabokov's translation of Pushkin's masterpiece Eugene Onegin was first published in 1964, it ignited a storm of controversy that famously resulted in the demise of Nabokov's friendship with critic Edmund Wilson. While Wilson derided it as a disappointment in the New York Review of Books, other critics hailed the translation and accomp
When Vladimir Nabokov's translation of Pushkin's masterpiece Eugene Onegin was first published in 1964, it ignited a storm of controversy that famously resulted in the demise of Nabokov's friendship with critic Edmund Wilson. While Wilson derided it as a disappointment in the New York Review of Books, other critics hailed the translation and accomp