The Man Who Dreamed Tomorrow: The Life and Times of J W Dunne (Review-Essay)
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A review-essay for Nabokov Online Journal about 'The Man Who Dreamed Tomorrow: The Life of J. W. Dunne' (2024) by Guy Inchbald, the first full-length book on the influential British aeronaut and time philosopher John William Dunne (1875–1949). It explores Vladimir Nabokov’s engagement ...
See moreA review-essay for Nabokov Online Journal about 'The Man Who Dreamed Tomorrow: The Life of J. W. Dunne' (2024) by Guy Inchbald, the first full-length book on the influential British aeronaut and time philosopher John William Dunne (1875–1949). It explores Vladimir Nabokov’s engagement with Dunne’s books—especially 'An Experiment with Time' and 'The Serial Universe'—in both his dream diary and fiction. Dunne emerges as a feverish prophet of multidimensional time, whose unique blend of pseudoscience, prophetic vision, and imaginative brilliance clearly informed the writing of Nabokov’s 'Ada, or Ardor' (1969).
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See moreA review-essay for Nabokov Online Journal about 'The Man Who Dreamed Tomorrow: The Life of J. W. Dunne' (2024) by Guy Inchbald, the first full-length book on the influential British aeronaut and time philosopher John William Dunne (1875–1949). It explores Vladimir Nabokov’s engagement with Dunne’s books—especially 'An Experiment with Time' and 'The Serial Universe'—in both his dream diary and fiction. Dunne emerges as a feverish prophet of multidimensional time, whose unique blend of pseudoscience, prophetic vision, and imaginative brilliance clearly informed the writing of Nabokov’s 'Ada, or Ardor' (1969).
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2024Source title
Nabokov Online JournalVolume
18Publisher
Dalhousie University, Department of Russian StudiesLicence
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Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, School of Languages and CulturesDepartment, Discipline or Centre
European StudiesShare