An edition of Fine lines (2016)

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Vladimir Nabokov's scientific art

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Yale University Press
Language
English
Pages
318

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Subjects

Anatomy, Butterflies, Knowledge, Classification, Lepidopterology, Zoological illustration, Pictorial works, Nabokov, vladimir vladimirovich, 1899-1977

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Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (1899-1977)
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Table of Contents

Anatomical diagrams
Introduction
Black and white figures
Color plates
Essays. Drawing with words : the toothwort white and related natural history motifs in Pale fire / Robert Dirig
A few notes on Nabokov's childhood entomology / Victor Fet
Chance, nature's practical jokes, and the "non-utilitarian delights" of butterfly mimicry / Victoria N. Alexander
Nabokov's evolution / James Mallet
Fictional realism : scaling the twin peaks of art and science / Dorion Sagan
Mountains of detail : on the trail with Nabokov's blues / Lauren K. Lucas, Matthew L. Forister, James A. Fordyce, and Chris C. Nice
Nabokov's morphology : an experiment in appropriated terminology / Stephen H. Blackwell
Swift and underwing, boulderfield and bog : how Nabokov drew the world from its details / Robert Michael Pyle
Enchanted hunting : Lolita and Lolita, Diana and diana / Brian Boyd
Nabokov's notes and labels from the Museum of Comparative Zoology : boon for a recondite biographer or data for a serious systematist? / Naomi E. Pierce, Rodney Eastwood, Roger Vila, Andrew Berry, and Thomas Dai
Chronology of Nabokov's life.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-304) and index.

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Vladimir Nabokov's scientific art
Copyright Date
2016

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Dewey Decimal Class
595.7890222
Library of Congress
QL543 .F495 2016, PS3527.A15, QL543 .F56 2016

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiv, 318 pages
Number of pages
318

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OL26888459M
Internet Archive
finelinesvladimi0000unse
ISBN 10
0300194552
ISBN 13
9780300194555
LCCN
2015951601
OCLC/WorldCat
920017517

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