Nabokov and the Question of Morality: Aesthetics, Metaphysics, and the Ethics of Fiction: 2016

The first collection to address the vexing issue of NabokovÆs moral stances, this book argues that he designed his novels and stories as open-ended ethical problems for readers to confront. In a dozen new essays, international Nabokov scholars tackle those problems directly while addressing such questions as whether Nabokov was a bad reader, how he defined evil, if he believed in God, and how he constructed fictional works that led readers to become aware of their own moral positions. In order to elucidate his engagement with aesthetics, metaphysics, and ethics, Nabokov and the Question of Morality explores specific concepts in the volumeÆs four sections: ôResponsible Reading,ö ôGood and Evil,ö ôAgency and Altruism,ö and ôThe Ethics of Representation.ö By bringing together fresh insights from leading Nabokovians and emerging scholars, this book establishes new interdisciplinary contexts for Nabokov studies and generates lively readings of works from his entire career.

• | Author: Michael Rodgers, Susan Elizabeth Sweeney
• | Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• | Publication Date: Sep 01, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 252 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Literary Criticism
• | ISBN-10: 113759666X
• | ISBN-13: 9781137596666