Herbert Grabes 
Fictitious Biographies [PDF ebook] 
Vladimir Nabokov’s English Novels

i-iv – CONTENTS – IN PLACE OF AN INTRODUCTION – I. Truth and Fiction in Literary Biography: The Real Life of Sebastian Knight – II. FICTITIOUS BIOGRAPHY AS PARADIGM FOR THE BETTER WORLD OF ART: BEND SINISTER – III. AUTOBIOGRAPHY AS DEMONSTRATION OF “PRECISE FATE”: LOLITA – IV. BIOGRAPHY AS A BALANCE BETWEEN TRAGEDY AND COMEDY: PNIN – V. THE COMBINATION OF AUTOBIOGRAPHIES AS “CORRELATED PATTERN IN THE GAME”: PALE FIRE – VI. AUTOBIOGRAPHY AS THE TRIUMPH OF SUBJECTIVITY: ADA OR ARDOR: A FAMILY CHRONICLE – VII. BIOGRAPHY AS SINKING BACK INTO THE PAST: TRANSPARENT THINGS – VIII. PARODIED AUTOBIOGRAPHY AS SATIRE ON THE UNITY OF LIFE AND WORK: LOOK AT THE HARLEQUINS – SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY