The Quill and the Scalpel: Nabokov's Art and the Worlds of Science

by Stephen H. Blackwell

Book Overview

Most famous as a literary artist, Vladimir Nabokov was also a professional biologist and a lifelong student of science. By exploring the refractions of physics, psychology, and biology within his art and thought, The Quill and the Scalpel: Nabokov's Art and the Worlds of Science, by Stephen H. Blackwell, demonstrates how aesthetic sensibilities contributed to Nabokov's scientific work, and how his scientific passions shape, inform, and permeate...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814252257
• ISBN13: 9780814252253
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Ohio State University Press
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"