This article examines Nabokov’s tricks to create shadow meanings in expressions, indicating connections to Andrey Bely’s approach.
Cerebral play was made famous by a character in Andrey Bely’s Peterburg. Nabokov can be viewed as a great disciple. The article offers an overview of his «bag of tricks» that serve to create multifaceted images and shadow meanings of expressions, words, letters or numbers varying from small uncertainties to downright lies. Such practices of Nabokov are compared to those of Bely and other authors.
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