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Vladimir Nabokov and the Poetics of Liberalism

By: Dana Dragunoiu

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Vladimir Nabokov and the Poetics of Liberalism

By: Dana Dragunoiu

Through a close examination of Nabokov's father's political, moral, and aesthetic values and, more generally, Russian liberalism as it existed in the first few decades of the 20th century, the author provides persuasive answers to many long-standing questions in this deeply researched, innovative study.

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Northwestern University Press

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0810127687

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9780810127685

Vladimir Nabokov and the Art of Moral Acts

By: Dana Dragunoiu

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Vladimir Nabokov and the Art of Moral Acts

By: Dana Dragunoiu

Winner, 2022 Brian Boyd Prize for Best Second Book on Nabokov This book shows how ethics and aesthetics interact in the works of one of the most celebrated literary stylists of the twentieth century: the Russian American novelist Vladimir Nabokov. Dana Dragunoiu reads Nabokov’s fictional worlds as battlegrounds between an autonomous will and heteronomous passions, demonstrating Nabokov’s insistence that genuinely moral acts occur when the will triumphs over the passions by answering the call of duty. Dragunoiu puts Nabokov’s novels into dialogue with the work of writers such as Alexander Pushkin, William Shakespeare, Leo Tolstoy, and Marcel Proust; with Kantian moral philosophy; with the institution of the modern duel of honor; and with the European traditions of chivalric literature that Nabokov studied as an undergraduate at Cambridge University. This configuration of literary influences and philosophical contexts allows Dragunoiu to advance an original and provocative argument about the formation, career, and legacies of an author who viewed moral activity as an art, and for whom artistic and moral acts served as testaments to the freedom of the will.

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Northwestern University Press

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0810144018

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9780810144019

Our Separate Ways

The Struggle for the Future of the U.S.–Israel Alliance

By: Dana H Allin,Steven N Simon

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The Struggle for the Future of the U.S.–Israel Alliance

By: Dana H Allin,Steven N Simon

Anger and distrust have strained the U.S.-Israeli alliance as the Obama administration and Netanyahu government have clashed over Israeli settlements, convulsions in the Arab world, and negotiating with Iran. Our Separate Ways is an urgent examination of why the alliance has deteriorated and the dangers of its neglect. Powerful demographic, cultural, and strategic currents in Israel and the United States are driving the two countries apart. In America, the once-solid pro-Israel consensus is being corroded by partisan rancor, which also pits conservative Jews against the more liberal Jewish majority. In Israel, surveys of young Jewish citizens reveal a disdain for democracy, and, in some cases, a readiness to curb the civil liberties of non-Jews. Prospects for preserving a liberal Zionism against the pressures for "Greater Israel" are dimming as hopes for a two-state solution fade. The acrimony between President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been a symptom, not cause, of the deeper crisis. If the alliance becomes just a transactional arrangement, then the moral, emotional, and largely intangible bonds that have long tied the two countries together will continue to weaken. Going separate ways at a time of Middle East chaos, and despite profound historical commitment, would be an immense tragedy. The partnership must restore the shared vision that created it.

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306

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PublicAffairs

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1610396421

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9781610396424

Polishing the Turd

By: Dana Jolie

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Polishing the Turd

By: Dana Jolie

Polishing the Turd By: Dana Jolie Dana Jolie gives us a glimpse into his life with hilarious, but endearing stories from his youth and current day. Reading Jolie’s stories will remind his readers of hearing their own family’s stories passed down from generation to generation. Jolie’s puns and sarcastic, yet slapstick, humor will keep readers eager to turn the page and read another one of Jolie’s tales.

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129

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Dorrance Publishing

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1480947024

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9781480947023

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Vladimir Nabokov and the Poetics of Liberalism

Vladimir Nabokov and the Poetics of Liberalism

Vladimir Nabokov and the Art of Moral Acts

Vladimir Nabokov and the Art of Moral Acts

Our Separate Ways

Our Separate Ways

Polishing the Turd

Polishing the Turd

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