THE BOOK is an overview of all—real and imaginary—butterflies and moths mentioned in all of Vladimir Nabokov's published writings: prose and poetry, letters, interviews, book reviews and technical papers. In the catalog sections, the Lepidoptera are fully identified, referenced, cross-referenced and annotated, making it possible to trace any one butterfly through Nabokov's writings. There are the common names in six languages, including Russian. There is a special section on the Lepidoptera named by and for Nabokov and another one with capsule biographies of entomologists related to Nabokov's work. There are 21 pages of color figures. There also is an eighty page introduction discussing Nabokov's entomological work and its relation to his fiction, the basics of taxonomy, the species concept and Nabokov’s special interest in mimicry.
A Guide to
Nabokov's
Butterflies and Moths 2001
(2003)
by Dieter
438 pages,
147 color figures
format 8 by 10.3 inches
weight 1.3 kg
digitally printed
hardcover (cloth, hand-bound)
ISBN 3-00-007609-3
Regular price 68 Euro*
* This is not a commercial publication. There are no author's royalties and no publisher's share. It is privately published by the author and made available in a limited number of copies. The amount quoted covers only the cost of printing, binding and shipping. Sorry no discount of any kind can be given. The book can only be ordered from the author. Payment by bank transfer to giro account free of charges to the recipient or by PayPal. The price includes shipping and handling. Normal mode of shipment is Economy Mail. For Global Premium shipment overseas, a surcharge at the current rate (c. 20 USD) will apply.
Sorry, as of September 20, 2006, no more copies are available.
Dieter E. Zimmer, Claudiusstrasse 6, D-10557 Berlin, Germany.
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Contents |
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Introduction 7 Why? What For? (9) – Writer and Scientist (11) – Butterflies, Not Symbols (14) – Numbers and Names (16) – What’s in a Name (17) – Basic Subdivisions (18) – Clustering Animals into Taxa (20) – The Higher Taxa (24) – Sources of Incertainty (26) – The Code (28) – The Author’s Name (32) – Popular Names (34) – On Pronunciation (35) – The World Divided (36) – Advice to Translators (36) – The Species Concept (37) – Nabokov and Mimicry (46) |
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Nabokov on Butterflies 61 On his period as a professional lepidopterist – The beauty of butterflies – On his laboratory work – On his way of killing a butterfly – On the pursuit of butterflies – How to catch moths – On the pleasures of butterfly hunting and writing – No art without facts – Butterflies in fiction – On the fate of his collections – On his expertise – On mimicry – Science and art – On the protection of butterflies – The rapture – On the wing |
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Catalogue Sections
67 Format – Title Abbreviations 69 1.1 Genera, Species and Subspecies Named by Nabokov 73 1.2.1 Butterflies and Moths Named for Nabokov 82 1.2.2 Butterflies with “Nabokovian” Names 85 1.3 Common Names 94 |
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2 Lepidoptera in Nabokov’s published English WRITINGS 95 2.1 Butterflies and Moths, in Alphabetical Order 95 2.2 Butterflies and Moths, by Work and Page (in the non-scientific writings) 287 |
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3 Scientists Related to Nabokov’s Work and Writings 335 |
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4 Nabokov’s Non-Fictional Writings
on Lepidoptera 367 4.1 Nabokov’s Lepidopterological Writings, Summarized 367 4.2 Uncollected Interviews with Mention of Lepidoptera 372 |
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Bibliography 376
Species List 383 Acknowledgments 393 Figures 395 |