Brian Boyd je uznávaný odborník na dielo a život Vladimira Nabokova a na vzťah medzi literatúrou a evolúciou. Jeho kľúčové diela, ktoré podrobne skúmajú Nabokovove ruské a americké obdobia, získali množstvo ocenení a boli preložené do mnohých jazykov. Boydova práca sa zaoberá predovšetkým tým, ako evolučné a kognitívne procesy formujú rozprávanie a ľudskú predstavivosť, čo z jeho literárnej kritiky robí fascinujúce čítanie pre tých, ktorí sa zaujímajú o hlbšie prepojenie medzi vedou a umením.
Leads the reader step-by-step, gradually revealing the relationship between Vladimir Nabokov's ethics, aesthetics, epistemology, and metaphysics. This work shows how Nabokov's interest in discovery springs in part from his work as a scientist and scholar, and draws comparisons between the processes of readerly and scientific discovery. schovat popis
Why Lyrics Last turns an evolutionary lens on lyric verse, placing the writing of verse within the human disposition to play with pattern. Boyd takes as an extended example the many patterns to be found within Shakespeare's Sonnets. There, the Bard avoids all narrative and demonstrates the power that verse can have when liberated of story.
Offers a comprehensive account of the evolutionary origins of art and storytelling. This title explains why we tell stories, how our minds are shaped to understand them, and what difference an evolutionary understanding of human nature makes to stories we love.
Chronicles the novelist's years in America, where he struggled to support his family until he published "Lolita"--the work that allowed him to enjoy traveling and teaching in the United States
U2 rewrote the rock group rulebook. Over a career that now spans nearly four decades, the band have produced one hit album after another - while continually reinventing their sound - and created the template for the giant global stadium tour that all other bands now use.§This is a band that measures its success in multiples of hundreds of millions. Thirteen studio albums to date have generated worldwide sales of 150 million records. No wonder Rolling Stone magazine once described them as 'the biggest band in the world'. And all this from a groupe whose line-up - Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. - has remained unchanged since they formed in Dublin in 1976. From their roots in post-punk, the band have grown and incorporated all sorts of musical styles, from synth pop to gospel, but have always created socially and politically aware records that have hit a nerve with their fans. Along the way, the band performed at Live Aid in 1985, enjoyed critical acclaim for albums such as The Unforgettable Fire, The Joshua Tree and Achtung Baby!, and travelled the world several times over on the vast Zoo TV, PopMart and U2 360 tours.§U2 Experience celebrates this massive act with items of removable rock memorabilia, including posters, tickets and flyers.
Die russischen Jahre 1899 - 1940
Brian Boyd, einer der besten Kenner von Nabokovs (18991977) Leben und Werk, beschreibt das liberale aristokratische Milieu, in dem er aufwuchs, die Flucht der Familie aus Rußland, seine Studienzeit in Cambridge, die Ermordung des Vaters in Berlin. Es folgen die Jahre, in denen Vladimir Nabokov und seine Frau Véra in Deutschland und Frankreich in Armut lebten und die Flucht in die Vereinigten Staaten. Boyd untersucht Nabokovs Verhältnis zu den Zeitläufen, spürt den besonderen Strukturen seines Denkens und Schreibens nach. Zudem gibt er gedrängte Einführungen in die Romane, Memoiren, Dramen und Gedichte des Autors, analysiert seine wichtigen Bücher. Er ist so dem Leser ein kenntnisreicher Führer durch das Werk. «Die russischen Jahre» sind eine packende Darstellung von Nabokovs Leben, Nabokovs Welt im vorrevolutionären Rußland und in der Emigration.