Bibliograph

Insomniac dreams, experiments with time, by Vladimir Nabokov ; compiled, edited, & with commentaries by Gennady Barabtarlo

Type

Label

Insomniac dreams, experiments with time, by Vladimir Nabokov ; compiled, edited, & with commentaries by Gennady Barabtarlo

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-198) and indexes

Illustrations

facsimilesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Insomniac dreams

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

983824985

Responsibility statement

by Vladimir Nabokov ; compiled, edited, & with commentaries by Gennady Barabtarlo

Sub title

experiments with time

Summary

First publication of an index-card diary in which Nabokov recorded sixty-four dreams and subsequent daytime episodes, allowing the reader a glimpse of his innermost life

Table Of Contents

Chronic condition. Dream, memory ; Dunne and his theory ; Nabokov's experiment -- Dreamer's log -- More dreams. Prior to the experiment ; After the experiment ; In letters to wife ; In the book of memoirs -- The art of dreaming. Professional ; Doom ; Daytime impressions ; Memories of the remote past ; Precognitive ; Erotic ; Nested ; Life is a dream ; Oneitic realism ; Father ; Insomnia -- Artistic time. Two prime mysteries ; The Montreux novels ; Boomeranging time ; Clarity of vision ; Conclusion

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