Vladimir Nabokovs Eigenwelt

Deutsche Bezugsfelder einer russischen Künstlerexistenz

By (author) Andrey Kotin

Book cover: Vladimir Nabokovs Eigenwelt

Extent: 336 pages

Publisher: V&R unipress

Subjects: American Studies, German Studies, Slavic Studies

Language: German

Hardback (Published)

(May 2022)

ISBN: 9783847114567

6.3 x 9.33 inches

Price: $74.00

In stock

Andrey Kotin beleuchtet in diesem Band uber Vladimir Nobokovs Werk verschiedene Aspekte: Berlin als Handlungsort von Nabokovs russischsprachigen Romanen, (neu)romantische Motive seiner Prosa und Poesie, Hannah Arendts Philosophie des Bosen sowie eine umfassende vergleichende Analyse von Nabokovs Einladung zur Enthauptung und Franz Kafkas Der Prozess.


Although Vladimir Nabokov’s attitude towards Germany alternated between cool distance and ardent disapproval, both in the life and work of the preeminent Russian-American writer various “German tropes” can be observed. This is not merely a matter of several novels which are set in Berlin. Equally interesting are Nabokov’s views regarding the nature of evil and totalitarianism, confronted with the philosophy of Hannah Arendt. Another essential aspect concerns Romantic motifs in “The Defence” and “Lolita”, here viewed under the auspices of specifically German Romanticism (Ludwig Tieck, Friedrich de la Motte Fouque, E.T.A. Hoffmann). A separate chapter has been dedicated to a comparative analysis of “Invitation to a Beheading” and Franz Kafka’s “The Trial”

  • By (author) Andrey Kotin