nabokov's theory and practice of translation, 1941-1975

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Nabokov's Theory and Practice of Translation, 1941-1975Author(s): Judson RosengrantSource: The Slavic and East European Journal, Vol. 38, No. 1 (Spring, 1994), pp. 29-32Published by: American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European LanguagesStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/308544 .

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NABOKOV'S THEORY AND PRACTICE OF TRANSLATION, 1941-1975

Judson Rosengrant

1941a. Nabokov, Vladimir. "The Art of Translation." The New Republic, 4 Aug., 160-162. Rpt. in his Lectures on Russian Literature, ed. Fredson Bowers, 315-321. New York and London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1981.

1941b. Nabokov, Vladimir, trans. "Hodassevich: A Note and Transla- tions." In New Directions in Prose and Poetry, 1941, ed. James Laugh- lin, 596-600. Norfolk, Conn.: New Directions.

1943. Nabokov, Vladimir, trans. "Three Poems by Fet." The Russian Re- view 3, No. 1 (Aut.): 31-33.

1944a. Nabokov, Vladimir, trans. "Four Poems by Tyutchev." The Russian Review 4, No. 1 (Aut.): 45-46.

1944b. Nabokov, Vladimir, trans. Three Russians Poets: Translations of Pushkin, Lermontov and Tyutchev. Norfolk, Conn.: New Directions. Rpt. Pushkin, Lermontov, Tyutchev: Poems. London: Lindsay Drum- mond, 1947.

1945. Nabokov, Vladimir, trans. "From Pushkin's 'Eugene Onegin'." The Russian Review 4, No. 2 (Spr.): 38-39.

1946. Nabokov, Vladimir, trans. "Four Poems by Lermontov." The Russian Review 5, No. 2 (Spr.): 50-51.

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1951-1952. Nabokov, Vladimir, trans. "Translations from Russians Poets." Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Harvard University.

1955a. Nabokov, Vladimir. "On Translating 'Eugene Onegin' (An Illustra- tion of the 'Onegin' Stanza-Metre and Rhyme Pattern)." The New Yorker, 8 Jan., 34. Rpt. with changes in his Poems and Problems, 175. New York and Toronto: McGraw-Hill, 1970.

1955b. Nabokov, Vladimir. "Problems of Translation: Onegin in English." Partisan Review 22, 4 (Fall): 496-512.

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1957a. Nabokov, Vladimir. "Zametki perevodcika-I." Novyj ] urnal 49: 130-144.

1957b. Nabokov, Vladimir. "Zametki perevodcika-II." Opyty 8: 36-49. 1958. Nabokov, Vladimir, trans., with Dmitri Nabokov. A Hero of Our

Time. By Mixail Lermontov. New York: Doubleday. 1959. Nabokov, Vladimir. "The Servile Path." In On Translation, ed. Reu-

ben A. Brower, 97-110. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. Rpt. New York: Oxford University Press, 1966.

1960. Nabokov, Vladimir, trans. The Song of Igor's Campaign. New York: McGraw-Hill.

1963. Nabokov, Vladimir. "The Art of the Duel: Translation from Eugene Onegin, and Part of an Essay" [Canto 6, Stanza XXX]. Esquire, Jul., 54-55.

1964a. Nabokov, Vladimir. "On Translating Pushkin: Pounding the Clavi- cord." The New York Review of Books, 30 Apr., 14-16. Rpt. in Strong Opinions, 231-240. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1973.

1964b. Arndt, Walter. "A Reply to Vladimir Nabokov." The New York Review of Books, 30 Apr., 16.

1964c. Nabokov, Vladimir, trans. Eugene Onegin: A Novel in Verse. By Aleksandr Pushkin. Commentary by Vladimir Nabokov. 4 vols. New York: The Bollingen Foundation.

1964d. Simmons, Ernest J. "A Nabokov Guide through the World of Alex- ander Pushkin." The New York Times Books Review, 28 Jun., 4-5.

1964e. Friedberg, Maurice. "Evgenij Onegin v perevode Nabokova." Novyj iurnal 77 (Sept.): 297-300.

1964f. Rosen, Nathan. "Variations on a Russian Verse." The Saturday Review, 28 Nov., 25-26.

1964g. Bayley, John. "Nabokov's Pushkin." The Observer, 29 Nov., 26. 1964h. Ricks, Christopher. "Nabokov's Pushkin." The New Statesman, 25

Dec., 995. 1965a. Nabokov, Vladimir. Letter. The New Statesman, 22 Jan., 112. 1965b. Anonymous. "Pushkin, Nabokov, and Eugene Onegin." Times Liter-

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3 Apr., 19-21. 1965e. Shaw, J. Thomas. "Translations of Onegin." The Russian Review 24

(Apr.): 111-127. An updated version of this review discussing Nabo- kov's revised Onegin (1975) may be found in Slavic and East European Journal 21, 2 (Sum. 1977): 268-270.

1965f. Nabokov, Vladimir. Letter. The New Statesman, 23 Apr., 642.



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1965g. Wain, John. "Poet and Doppelginger." The Listener, 29 Apr., 627- 629.

1965h. Burgess, Anthony. "Pushkin and Kinbote." Encounter 24 (May): 74-78.

1965i. Conquest, Robert. "Nabokov's Eugene Onegin." Poetry 106 (Jun.): 236-238.

1965j. Wilson, Edmund. "The Strange Case of Pushkin and Nabokov." The New York Review of Books, 15 Jul., 3-6.

1965k. Nabokov, Vladimir. Letter. The New York Review of Books, 26 Aug., 25-26.

19651. Wilson, Edmund. Letter. The New York Review of Books, 26 Aug., 26.

1965m. Wilson, Edmund. Letter. The New York Review of Books. 30 Sept., 26.

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1971. Muchnic, Helen. "Russian poetry and Methods of Translation." In The World of Translation, 297-305. New York: P.E.N. American Center.

1975. Nabokov, Vladimir, trans. Eugene Onegin: A Novel in Verse. By Alexander Pushkin. Commentary by Vladimir Nabokov. Rev. ed. 4 vols. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1975.



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