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Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/11375/11330
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dc.contributor.advisorSigman, Josephen_US
dc.contributor.authorOberfrank, Adamen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-18T16:54:19Z-
dc.date.available2014-06-18T16:54:19Z-
dc.date.created2011-09-29en_US
dc.date.issued1985-02en_US
dc.identifier.otheropendissertations/6305en_US
dc.identifier.other7392en_US
dc.identifier.other2265244en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11375/11330-
dc.description.abstract<p>It was Vladimir Nabokov's contention that all fictional works are fantastic in nature, and that any novel can be considered a type of fairy tale. Emphasizing that aspect of his own fiction are the numerous allusions to tales such as "Cinderella" and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland that appear in his texts. Nabokov's novels portray characters who transform their lives into illusory fantasies. Ultimately, characters like Humbert Humbert, Van, and Kinbote are themselves artist-figures, who turn reality into fantasy through the process of writing.</p>en_US
dc.subjectEnglish Language and Literatureen_US
dc.subjectEnglish Language and Literatureen_US
dc.titleNew Worlds of Words: Vladimir Nabokov's Fairy Talesen_US
dc.typethesisen_US
dc.contributor.departmentEnglishen_US
dc.description.degreeMaster of Arts (MA)en_US
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