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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816323303321

Autore

Leving I͡Uriĭ

Titolo

Marketing literature and posthumous legacies : the symbolic capital of Leonid Andreev and Vladimir Nabokov / / Yuri Leving and Frederick H. White

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham : , : Lexington Books, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

0-7391-8261-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (295 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WhiteFrederick H. <1970->

Disciplina

813/.54

Soggetti

Authorship - Marketing

Authors and publishers - Soviet Union

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

The Andreevs. The early visual marketing of Leonid Andreev ; Marketing strategies: Vadim Andreev in dialogue with the Soviet Union ; The role of the scholar in the consecration of Leonid Andreev (1950s to present) ; Creating posthumous legacies: the power to consecrate and to blaspheme: Vadim Andreev's memories of childhood ; Market pressures: Vadim Andreev's incomplete memoiristic journey -- The Nabokovs. Nabokov and the publishing business ; Plaster, marble, canon: the vindication of Nabokov in post-Soviet Russia ; The visual marketing of Nabokov: who is the face of the Russian Lolita? ; "Nabokov-7": Russian postmodernism in search of a national identity ; Interpreting voids: Nabokov's last incomplete novel, The Original of Laura -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

Literature is not only about aesthetics, but also almost equally about the successful marketing of an author and his literary works. Ever since the two great Russian authors, Leonid Andreev and Vladimir Nabokov, created their own literary capital, cultural merchants have been preoccupied with the promotion of their respective posthumous legacies, maintaining the intricate network of personal interests that drive the preservation of literary reputations.