Vladimir Nabokov, Invitation to a Beheading

Barbara Wyllie (University College London)

Ed. by Neil Cornwell, University of Bristol
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 2.2.2.00: Post-1917 Writing and Culture in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, 1917-present.
Vol. editors: Neil Cornwell (University of Bristol), Roman Koropeckyj (University of California, Los Angeles), Andrei Rogatchevski (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1959

Places

Russia (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Novel

Resources

The English-language edition of Priglashenie na kazn' (1938). Please see under the original edition, Vladimir Nabokov's Priglashenie na kazn' [Invitation to a Beheading], The Literary Encyclopedia profile by Barbara Wyllie, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London

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Citation: Wyllie, Barbara. "Invitation to a Beheading". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 09 December 2004 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=4396, accessed 07 February 2023.]

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