Michael Maar
Michael Maar has taught at Stanford University and is a member of two German academies. A leading literary critic, he now lives in Berlin.Blog
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Slavic Review praises Speak, Nabokov for pushing the boundaries of Nabokov studies
In the Summer 2011 issue of Slavic Review, Galya Diment bemoans the “share of stagnant conformity” in Nabokov studies and declares that challenging this conformity “is a healthy critical stance—especially if the challenge is grounded in a quest that is both critically reasonable and open-minded.”
This is Diment’s cue for Michael Maar’s Speak, Nabokov, a book that “bravely locate[s] [itself] outside the mainstream of Nabokov studies by going into territory neither Nabokov nor Nabokov loyalists would approve of.”
