A richly illustrated and comprehensive discussion of all the explicit pictorial references in Nabokov's oeuvre and their bearing on the major themes in his novels

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Gerard de Vries's writings on Nabokov have appeared in Russian Literature Triquarterly, Nabokov Studies, Revue de Littérature Comparée, and The Nabokovian. Donald Barton Johnson is professor emeritus of Russian at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of Worlds in Regression: Some Novels of Vladimir Nabokov. Liana Ashenden is a researcher who studies Bosch.

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Foreword Note on the Abbreviations and References 1. Nabokov and the Two Sister Arts 2. The 'Mad Pursuit' in Laughter in the Dark 3. The Real Life of Sebastian Knight. Its Colours and Painting 4. Pnin and the History of Art 5. Lolita*and Aubrey Beardsley 6. *Pale Fire Zemblematically 7. Leonardo and 'Spring in Fialta' Gerard de Vries 8. A Shimmer of Exact Details: Ada's Art Gallery D. Barton Johnson 9. Ada and Bosch Liana Ashenden Appendix I: Passages in Nabokov's Novels, Stories or Autobiography Referring or Alluding to Paintings Appendix II: Painters Mentioned or Obviously Referred to in Nabokov's Works Notes Bibliography List of Illustrations and Acknowledgements Corresponding Pages in the Volumes Published by Vintage International and Penguin Books Index of Authors Index of Artists