Brian Boyd
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Brian Boyd is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of English at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. He is known primarily as an expert on the life and works of author Vladimir Nabokov.
Boyd is currently working on a critical study of William Shakespeare and a biography of philosopher Karl Popper.
Major works
- Nabokov's : The Place of Consciousness (1985)
- Vladimir Nabokov: The Russian Years (1990)
- Vladimir Nabokov: The American Years (1991)
- Nabokov's Pale Fire: The Magic of Artistic Discovery (1999)
External links
- [Ada Online] - Annotations to Nabokov's novel by Boyd.
- ["Shade and Shape in Pale Fire"] - A somewhat controversial essay on Nabokov's novel.
- [A recent interview] - Conducted by Thomas Bolt.
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