Consequently, Vladimir Nabokov's Pale Fire shows how an author can use new techniques and approaches to create a literary masterpiece, without a specific audience in mind. ... This imagined fictional tale creates room for interpretation, and although the reader may not be interested in literary history, or even realize the reference to Vladimir Nabokov´s own life, he or she has the opportunity to dream off to the land where "the polite arts and pure science flourished" (kindle edition), and even relate to the ignorant Charles Kinbote who didn't even know that the poem to...

• Word Count: 461
• Approx Pages: 2
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Graduate