Reciprocal Reflections: Nostalgia for the Present in Vladimir Nabokov's "A Guide to Berlin" and Walter Benjamin's "Moscow" Essay.
The article reflects on Vladimir Nabokov's book "A Guide to Berlin" and Walter Benjamin's book "Moscow." It mentions that while Nabokov and Benjamin traveled for reciprocal political reasons both desired a new political context, were frustrated with their lack of integration, and remained linguistic...
| Publicado en: | Intertexts Vol. 22; no. 1/2; pp. 93 - 126 |
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University of Nebraska Press
Spring-Fall2018
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| Sumario: | The article reflects on Vladimir Nabokov's book "A Guide to Berlin" and Walter Benjamin's book "Moscow." It mentions that while Nabokov and Benjamin traveled for reciprocal political reasons both desired a new political context, were frustrated with their lack of integration, and remained linguistically isolated in their new locales. |
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