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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778935103321

Autore

Davies Robin H

Titolo

The European Nabokov web, classicism and T.S. Eliot [[electronic resource] ] : a textual interpretation of Pale fire / / Robin H. Davies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston, : Academic Studies Press, 2011

ISBN

1-61811-131-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (235 p.)

Collana

Studies in Russian and Slavic literatures, cultures and history

Classificazione

HM 2455

HU 4575

KK 6091

Disciplina

891.7342

Soggetti

Classicism in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Foreword -- Introduction -- I. Lingua Franca and Topsy-turvical Coincidence -- II. In Search of Horace and a Web of Sense -- III. Héraclius, Hamlet and Genealogy -- IV. Zembla - "How Farce and Epic Get a Jumbled Race" -- V. Hamlet Unrestored: Sémiramis and the Royal Tomb -- VI. Classical Affinities I : A Modern Aeneas -- VII. Classical affinities II: An Ancient Nisus -- VIII. The Browning Version and Contemporary Reality -- IX. Corn, Cuckoldry, and the Amazonian Chin -- X. Toile d'Eliot or Combinational Delight -- XI. Phoenician Metamorphoses: Myth and Reality -- XII. Varia - Selenography, Kinbote/Botkin, Glaucus, Fénélon -- XIII. Murderous Intrigues -- XIV. Tragedy and the Stagyrite -- XV. Dramatic Poetry, Regicide, and Poetic Drama -- XVI. Germanitas and Les Germains -- XVII. Deus in Machina -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Robin Davies here demonstrates that Nabokov's Pale Fire has a classical unity and represents a direct attack on T.S. Eliot's philosophical position, particularly as given in The Waste Land and as represented by Eliot's later tendency for conservatism in literature, politics, and religion. After Nabokov was forced into exile from Germany and then France in the 1930's with his young son and Jewish wife, Eliot's passivism must have seemed to him the very antithesis of survival. The enigmatic Pale Fire and its surface triviality suggested that there could



be self-consistent logic within the obvious commentary of Charles Kinbote and John Shade's poem. Davies places this work in its vast European context, forming a bridge between Russian and European literature which will be appreciated by scholars of both.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910965190903321

Autore

Romero Alfonso V

Titolo

VirtualBox 3.1 : beginner's guide : deploy and manage a cost-effective virtual environment using VirtualBox / / Alfonso V. Romero

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Birmingham, U.K., : Packt Open Source, 2010

ISBN

9786612557347

9781282557345

1282557343

9781847199157

1847199151

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (348 p.)

Disciplina

005.43

Soggetti

Virtual computer systems - Computer programs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewer; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Getting to Work with VirtualBox; Running multiple virtual machines; Installing VirtualBox on Windows; Time for action - downloading and installing VirtualBox; on Windows; Installing VirtualBox on Linux; Time for action - downloading & Installing VirtualBox on Linux; Testing VirtualBox; Time for action - creating and testing a Damn Small; Linux virtual machine; Summary; Chapter 2: Creating Your First Virtual Machine: Ubuntu Linux; Getting started; Downloading the Ubuntu Linux Live CD

Time for action - downloading the Ubuntu Desktop Live CDCreating your Ubuntu Linux VM; Time for action - creating a virtual machine; Configuring basic settings for your Ubuntu Linux VM; Time for action -basic configuration for your VM; Installing Ubuntu Linux on your VM;



Time for action - installing Ubuntu Desktop on your VM; Running your Ubuntu Linux VM; Time for action - running Ubuntu Linux; Web browsing with Mozilla Firefox; Time for action - web browsing in your Ubuntu VM; Using OpenOffice.org in your virtual machine; Time for action - using OpenOffice.org

Shutting down your virtual machineTime for action - shutting down your VM; Summary; Chapter 3: Creating Your Second Virtual Machine: Windows 7; Creating your Windows VM; Time for action - creating a virtual machine; Booting your Windows 7 installation disk; Time for action - booting your Windows 7 installation disk; through the First Run Wizard; Installing Windows 7 on your VM; Time for action - installing Windows XP on your VM; Making sound work on your Windows 7 VM; Time for action - enabling audio on your Windows 7 virtual; machine; Removing the installation media from your Windows 7 VM

Time for action - removing installation  media from your VMWeb browsing with Internet Explorer; Time for action - web browsing in your Windows 7 VM; Using Microsoft Office in your virtual machine; Time for action - using OpenOffice.org; Shutting down your virtual machine; Time for action - shutting down your VM; Summary; Chapter 4: Installing Guest Additions and Advanced Settings; Introducing Guest Additions; Installing Guest Additions for Windows; Time for action - installing Guest Additions on a; Windows XP virtual machine; Installing Guest Additions for Linux

Time for action - installing Guest Additions on Linux UbuntuInstalling Guest Additions for OpenSolaris; Using the fullscreen feature; Time for action - using the fullscreen and windowed modes; Sharing folders between your host and guest PCs; Time for action - sharing folders between a Windows; XP host and an Ubuntu guest; Activating the Seamless Windows feature; Time for action - activating Seamless Windows with; Windows and Linux; Allowing 3D Hardware Acceleration in your virtual machines; Time for action - using Compiz on your Ubuntu VM; Summary; Chapter 5: Storing Data in VirtualBox

Using Virtual Disks in VirtualBox

Sommario/riassunto

Deploy and manage a cost-effective virtual environment using VirtualBox