title: “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” by Ambrose Bierce and “Details of A Sunset” by Vladimir Nabokov: The problem of influence
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metadata.value: Astvatsaturov, Andrey A.
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metadata.value: 2023-12-19T14:42:15Z
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metadata.value: 2023-12-19T14:42:15Z
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metadata.value: 2023-09
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metadata.value: Astvatsaturov A. A. “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” by Ambrose Bierce and “Details of A Sunset” by Vladimir Nabokov: The problem of influence. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Language and Literature. 2023, 20 (3): 429–445. https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu09.2023.302 (In Russian)
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu09.2023.302
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/44518
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metadata.value: The article is dedicated to the problem of the influence of the American writer Ambrose Bierce
  on the early work of Vladimir Nabokov. This influence can be traced back to several Nabokov’s
  texts (“Details of A Sunset”, “The Aurelian”, “Perfection”, “The Eye”), where one can detect plot
  lines, motives, and images borrowed from Bierce’s paradigmatic story “An Occurrence at Owl
  Creek Bridge.” The article focuses on Vladimir Nabokov’s short story “Details of A Sunset”
  (“Catastrophe”), where the influence of Ambrose Bierce is unquestionable. This influence was
  pointed out by a number of researchers, but the problem has not been thoroughly developed
  yet. Bierce’s influence on early Nabokov’s work is not limited to this device per se. Both authors
  follow the respective tradition of Early Romanticism. In both short stories the protagonists set
  off on a journey that is romantic in its spirit. The mystical epiphany that Nabokov’s character
  experiences are based on the model introduced by Bierce. Both authors employ romantic clichés,
  quotes from paradigmatic romantic texts and literary irony. The article also examines the
  system of literary images that Nabokov borrows from Bierce. It includes the image of a rope,
  a star, a bridge, and lightning. The parallels between the two works that are being analyzed in
  this article lead to a conclusion that Nabokov’s short story “Details of A Sunset” (“Catastrophe”)
  was directly influenced by Bierce.
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metadata.value: The study was carried out with the financial support of St. Petersburg State University. Project
  no. 92565342.
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metadata.value: ru
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metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Language and Literature;Volume 20; Issue 3
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Vladimir Nabokov
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metadata.value: Ambrose Bierce
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metadata.value: romanticism
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: mystic
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: literary influence
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” by Ambrose Bierce and “Details of A Sunset” by Vladimir Nabokov: The problem of influence
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