Anatomy of a Short Story: Nabokov's Puzzles, Codes, Signs and Symbols (Hardcover)

Contributors Acknowledgments INTRODUCTION ? Breaking the Code: Nabokov and the Art of Short Fiction Yuri Leving A PRIMARY TEXT: Heart "Signs and Symbols" Vladimir Nabokov FORUM: High pressure Psychosis, Performance, Schizophrenia, Literature Hal Ackerman, Murray Biggs, John Crossley, Wayne Goodman, Yuri Leving, and Frederick White ? CRITICISM PART ONE: Bone Structure Frameworks Vladimir Nabokov's Correspondence with The New Yorker regarding "Signs and Symbols," 1946-1948 Olga Voronina Lost in Revision: The Editing of "Signs and Symbols" for The New Yorker John Morris Consulting the Oracle Michael Wood PART TWO: Vascular System Signs Arbitrary Signs and Symbols Alexander N. Drescher The Patterns of Doom Brian Quinn Ways of Knowing in "Signs and Symbols" Terry J. Martin A Funny Thing about "Signs and Symbols" John B. Lane Names Yuri Leving PART THREE: Muscles of the Story Objects Five Known Jars Carol M. Dole Five Missing Jars Gennady Barabtarlo The Last Jar Joanna Trzeciak Trees and Birds Larry R. Andrews Photographs Maria-Ruxanda Bontila Cards Pekka Tammi Telephone Andres Romero Jodar PART FOUR: Nervous system The Importance of Reader Response Paul J. Rosenzweig The Jewish Quest Yuri Leving Symbols Signs of Reference, Symbols of Design Geoffrey Green Sacred Dangers: Nabokov's Distorted Reflection David Field Numbers The Mysticism of Circle Mary Tookey The Semiotics of Zero Meghan Vicks ? PART FIVE: Dissection Web of Contexts "Signs and Symbols" in and out of Contexts Leona Toker "Breaking the News" and "Signs and Symbols": Silentology Joanna Trzeciak Pnin and "Signs and Symbols": Narrative Entrapment David H. Richter Pnin and "Signs and Symbols": Narrative Strategies William Carroll Pale Fire and "Signs and Symbols" Vladimir Mylnikov ? PART SIX: DNA Testing Cracking the Code The Signs and Symbols in Nabokov's "Signs and Symbols" Alexander Dolinin The Castling Problem in "Signs and Symbols" Yuri Leving Reading Madly Irving Malin Deciphering "Signs and Symbols" Larry R. Andrews Decoding "Signs and Symbols" John V. Hagopian The Referential Mania: An Attempt of the Deconstructivist Reading Alvaro Garrido Moreno A Referential Reading of Nabokov's "Signs and Symbols" Charles W. Mignon An Afterword John Banville Alternative Tables of Contents Chronological Key Alphabetical Key Credits Bibliography Index