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1962 novel by Vladimir Nabokov
Pale Fire is a 1962 novel by Vladimir Nabokov. The novel is presented as a 999-line poem titled "Pale Fire", written by the fictional poet John Shade,
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Fictional character in the novel Pale Fire
Pale Fire. Kinbote appears to be the scholarly author of the foreword, commentary and index surrounding the text of the late John Shade's poem "Pale Fire
Charles_Kinbote
Selected list of books
Burroughs' The Nova Trilogy. Topping the list is Vladimir Nabokov's 1962 novel Pale Fire, which McCaffery called the "most audaciously conceived novel of the century
20th Century's Greatest Hits: 100 English-Language Books of Fiction
20th_Century's_Greatest_Hits:_100_English-Language_Books_of_Fiction
Russian and American novelist (1899–1977)
considered one of the greatest works of 20th-century literature. Nabokov's Pale Fire, published in 1962, ranked 53rd on the same list. His memoir, Speak, Memory
Vladimir_Nabokov
2012 studio album by El Perro del Mar
Pale Fire is the fifth studio album by El Perro Del Mar released on 13 November 2012 on Memphis Industries, The Control Group and INGRID. The album received
Pale_Fire_(album)
1955 novel by Vladimir Nabokov
poem Pale Fire. Oddly enough, this is exactly the situation Nabokov scholar Brian Boyd proposed to resolve the literary complexities of Nabokov's Pale Fire
Lolita
Genre of fiction about fiction
in the 1960s, with works such as Lost in the Funhouse by John Barth, Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov, "The Babysitter" and "The Magic Poker" by Robert
Metafiction
Mathematical symbol representing infinity
circular form. In the works of Vladimir Nabokov, including The Gift and Pale Fire, the figure-eight shape is used symbolically to refer to the Möbius strip
Infinity_symbol
Russian editor and translator (1902–1991)
eventually it was published in 2009. In her late 80s, she translated Pale Fire into Russian. She stayed at the Palace until 1990, and died the following
Véra_Nabokov
Topics referred to by the same term
Zembla, a fictional kingdom appearing in Vladimir Nabokov's 1962 novel Pale Fire ZEMBLA is one of five tracks written by Philippe Saisse for Japanese drummer
Zembla
Genre of electronic literature
Jorge Luis Borges' The Garden of Forking Paths (1941), Vladimir Nabokov's Pale Fire (1962), Julio Cortázar's Rayuela (1963; translated as Hopscotch), and
Hypertext_fiction
Legendary creature
encounters; the Kinbote name refers to the fabulist main character of the novel Pale Fire. Indrid Cold appeared as a character in the 2002 film The Mothman Prophecies
Indrid_Cold
Topics referred to by the same term
supervillain in Marvel Comics Hazel Shade, a character from Pale Fire John Shade, a character from Pale Fire Shade (novel), by Neil Jordan Shades (novel), a 1993
Shade
20th-century literary form and movement
Vladimir Nabokov's Pale Fire (1962), in which the narrator, Kinbote, claims he is writing an analysis of John Shade's long poem "Pale Fire", but the narrative
Postmodern_literature
Genre of drama and literature
Pinter writing in this genre. Vladimir Nabokov's postmodern 1962 novel Pale Fire is a tragicomedy preoccupied with Elizabethan drama. American writers
Tragicomedy
New Zealand professor and literary critic
book, Nabokov's Pale Fire: The Magic of Artistic Discovery, attracted attention both for the novelty of Boyd's reading of Pale Fire and for his rejecting
Brian_Boyd
Play by Shakespeare
arrant thief, And her pale fire she snatches from the sun... A copy of Timon of Athens features variously in the plot of Pale Fire and, at one point, the
Timon_of_Athens
Australian screenwriter
Retrieved 8 December 2021. Jacobs, Laura (March 1999). "Cate Blanchett's Pale Fire". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 8 December 2021. "Cate Blanchett and Dashiell
Andrew_Upton
Russian criminologist and politician (1877–1922)
father in his memoirs (Speak, Memory, 1967) and included in his novel Pale Fire a scene of misdirected assassination evoking the death of his father.
Vladimir_Dmitrievich_Nabokov
American baseball player and coach (1908–1993)
into Chapman's Homer", is mentioned in Vladimir Nabokov's 1962 novel Pale Fire (lines 97–98), where it is misinterpreted by the character Charles Kinbote
Ben_Chapman_(baseball)
Text with references (links) to other text that the reader can immediately access
this period, Nelson also proposed using Vladimir Nabokov's 1962 novel Pale Fire as part of a demonstration to IBM, intending to show how hypertext could
Hypertext
20th episode of the 3rd season of The X-Files
unreliable narrator of Vladimir Nabokov's 1962 novel Pale Fire; like "Jose Chung's From Outer Space," Pale Fire has an unusual nested narrative structure that
Jose_Chung's_From_Outer_Space
1957 novel by Vladimir Nabokov
of a foreign king who refuses to abdicate and is exiled (foreshadowing Pale Fire). In his fantasy, this king, rather than Eric Wind, is his father. Victor
Pnin_(novel)
Type of literary work
Beagle (1950) William S. Burroughs – Naked Lunch (1959) Vladimir Nabokov – Pale Fire (1962) Julio Cortázar – Hopscotch (1963) Mikhail Bulgakov – The Master
Fragmentary_novel
Word game
Vladimir Nabokov alluded to the game using the name "word golf" in the novel Pale Fire, in which the narrator says 'some of my records are: hate—love in three
Word_ladder
Samuel Johnson's cat
anecdote is used as the epigraph to Vladimir Nabokov's acclaimed poem/novel Pale Fire. Johnson bought oysters for his cat. In modern England, oysters are an
Hodge_(cat)
1972 novel by R. M. Koster
sad life of the doctoral candidate, in the manner of Vladimir Nabokov's Pale Fire. The Dissertation makes an appearance in the 2013 Stephen King novel Joyland
The_Dissertation_(novel)
Figure of speech
enjoyable constructions of enigmatic worlds within worlds is Nabokov's Pale Fire (1962). A good short text is Robert Coover's The Babysitter (1969). In
Metalepsis
American novelist
having her read books for class, which include The Bell Jar, Lolita, and Pale Fire. It is implied that Vanessa is, at least in part, an unreliable narrator
Kate_Elizabeth_Russell
1992 studio album by Play Dead
It ranges from synth-based tracks like "Conspiracy" to non-synth like "Pale Fire" and "Sacrosanct." The first release of "Resurrection" was "From the Promised
Resurrection (Play Dead album)
Resurrection_(Play_Dead_album)
Indoor cycling platform
VirtualTraining behind the ROUVY brand was bought by the investment group Pale Fire Capital. ROUVY is also a virtual partner of triathlon organizations P
Rouvy
One-person Swedish band
beat-driven melancholy pop-song. During the recording of her fourth album, Pale Fire, Assbring had a child. In 2015, a deluxe edition of El Perro del Mar's
El_Perro_del_Mar
1974 novel by Vladimir Nabokov
Real (1939) relates to The Real Life of Sebastian Knight, combined with Pale Fire Esmeralda and Her Parandrus (1941) Dr. Olga Repnin (1946) relates to Pnin
Look_at_the_Harlequins!
Rhyming pair of lines in iambic pentameter
of previous centuries. An example of this is Vladimir Nabokov's novel Pale Fire, the second section of which is a 999-line, 4-canto poem largely written
Heroic_couplet
Beer with high hop content
with a coke-fired malt, which produced less smoking and roasting of barley in the malting process, and hence produced a lighter hued pale ale. One variety
India_pale_ale
Czech open-source intelligence and data-analytics company
Investments) announced the acquisition of 100% of Semantic Visions, with Pale Fire Capital exiting as a prior shareholder. Semantic Visions’ platform is
Semantic_Visions
Multimedia webcomic by Andrew Hussie
hypertext fiction and the genre's attempted use in physical novels like Pale Fire and House of Leaves, Knode concluded that "Homestuck is the first great
Homestuck
2013 novel by Doug Dorst
intriguing experience of holding a real tome, not an e-book. Ship of Theseus Pale Fire – a 1962 novel by Vladimir Nabokov written in a similar format. House
S._(Dorst_novel)
Lolita (translated by Nabokov into Russian, 1965) (1957) Pnin (1962) Pale Fire (1969) Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle (1972) Transparent Things (1974)
Vladimir_Nabokov_bibliography
Anglo-Irish writer (1728–1774)
Was That Died takes its title from the same poem. In the Nabokov novel Pale Fire, a central character's house is situated between "Goldsworth" (the name
Oliver_Goldsmith
Falsely attributed works
Herbert Quain", "Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote"), Vladimir Nabokov (Pale Fire), Stanislaw Lem (A Perfect Vacuum; Imaginary Magnitude), Roberto Bolaño
Pseudepigrapha
Ambient musician
is also one half of the indie band Mint Julep, and ambient project A Pale Fire (previously Hollie & Keith Kenniff). Kenniff is also a composer for film
Keith_Kenniff
2004 novel by Mark Dunn
Dunn, published in 2004. Its form is highly reminiscent of Nabokov's Pale Fire in that it consists almost entirely of a set of endnotes for a larger
Ibid:_A_Life
American politician (1864–1921)
1962). Pale Fire. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson. pp. 261, 310. Sweeney, Susan Elizabeth (2019). "The Absence of Justice in Nabokov's Pale Fire". Nabokov
Franklin_Knight_Lane
Species of butterfly
features in several works of Vladimir Nabokov: Speak, Memory (1951), Pale Fire (1962), and King, Queen, Knave (1968). It also appears in 'HMS Surprise'
Vanessa_atalanta
Popular science book by Martin Gardner
Pale Fire In the original 1964 edition of The Ambidextrous Universe, Gardner quoted two lines of poetry from Vladimir Nabokov's 1962 novel Pale Fire which
The_Ambidextrous_Universe
Archipelago in northern Russia
mined secretly by Americans in 1911. A map of the island is provided. In Pale Fire (1962), Kinbote's home country is named Zembla, and references to Novaya
Novaya_Zemlya
1979 novel by Italo Calvino
on BBC Radio 4 on 24 Sep 2023. Cimmerians One Thousand and One Nights Pale Fire "Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote" Self-reference Grundtvig, Birgitte
If on a winter's night a traveler
If_on_a_winter's_night_a_traveler
2022 American film directed by Scott Cooper
The Pale Blue Eye is a 2022 American period mystery gothic thriller film written and directed by Scott Cooper, adapted from the 2006 novel by Louis Bayard
The_Pale_Blue_Eye
Startup transportation network company
COVID-19 pandemic forced workforce reductions; support from venture fund Pale Fire Capital helped the company sustain operations and continue product development
Daytrip
English rock band
"Conspiracy/Silent Conspiracy/Conspiracy (Saigon Mix)" [12 CLAY 40] 1985 - "Sacrosanct/Pale Fire/Holy Holy (Catholic Mix)/Sacrosanct (Heretic Mix)" [12 CLAY 42] 1985 -
Play_Dead_(band)
Parody of oneself
Blackwood Article" and the short story that follows it, "A Predicament". Pale Fire is a novel by Vladimir Nabokov in the form of a long, pedantic, self-centered
Self-parody
Text placed at the bottom of a page or at the end of a chapter
are essential to plot and character development. In Vladimir Nabokov's Pale Fire, the main plot is told through the annotative endnotes of a fictional
Note_(typography)
2005 novel by Myla Goldberg
documents to support its premise; Goldberg has stated that Vladimir Nabokov's Pale Fire was a major influence on her in this respect. In 1918 Boston, Lydia Kilkenny
Wickett's_Remedy
American rock musician (born 1970)
was derived from the first line of a poem in Vladimir Nabokov's novel Pale Fire: In 2000 The Waxwings signed with Bobsled Records and began work on their
Dean_Fertita
Female given name
Sealab 2021 Hazel Shade, daughter of the poet John Shade in the novel Pale Fire Hazel Stone (Heinlein), created by Robert A. Heinlein Hazel Woolley, a
Hazel_(given_name)
Poetic composition combining prose and verse
(1923) by William Carlos Williams In Parenthesis (1937) by David Jones Pale Fire (1962) by Vladimir Nabokov Menippus Haibun Maqāma Braund, Susanna. "Prosimetrum"
Prosimetrum
1984 studio album by Hagar Schon Aaronson Shrieve
Shade of Pale" b/w "Hot And Dirty" – US (Geffen 29280-7) "Whiter Shade of Pale" b/w "Hot And Dirty" – Japan (Geffen 07SP 804) "Whiter Shade of Pale" b/w "Whiter
Through the Fire (Hagar Schon Aaronson Shrieve album)
Through_the_Fire_(Hagar_Schon_Aaronson_Shrieve_album)
Science fiction novels by Dan Simmons
Family Chronicle over something more well-understood of Nabokov's, such as Pale Fire. Ada or Ardor was written in such a structure as to mimic someone recalling
Ilium/Olympos
Australian actor (born 1969)
Retrieved 8 December 2021. Jacobs, Laura (March 1999). "Cate Blanchett's Pale Fire". Vanity Fair. Archived from the original on 8 December 2021. Retrieved
Cate_Blanchett
Ballad written by the English poet John Keats
Nabokov's books The Real Life of Sebastian Knight (1941), Lolita (1955) and Pale Fire (1962) allude to the poem. The last two lines of the first verse ("The
La_Belle_Dame_sans_Merci
2014 studio album by Asher Roth
recording artist Asher Roth. The album was released on April 22, 2014, by Pale Fire and Federal Prism Records. The album was solely produced by American production
RetroHash
Part of Ireland controlled by England in the Late Middle Ages
The Pale (Irish: An Pháil) or The English Pale (An Pháil Shasanach or An Ghalltacht) was the part of Ireland directly under the control of the English
The_Pale_(Ireland)
1967 single by Procol Harum
"A Whiter Shade of Pale" is a song by the English rock band Procol Harum that was issued as their debut single on 12 May 1967. The single reached number
A_Whiter_Shade_of_Pale
American novelist (born 1972)
published a scratched-out image of Nabokov's cover art. Gaige also cited Pale Fire as an influence in an interview with The New York Times' John Williams
Amity_Gaige
American songwriter (b.1983)
co-writer. The video for their single “Odds and Ends” (from the album Pale Fire) has celebrity cameos from Will Forte, Doris Roberts, Fred Willard and
Alexander_Burke
1962 short story collection by John Updike
Adam Begley notes that Pigeon Feathers, as well as Vladimir Nabokov's Pale Fire, each were finalists for the 1962 National Book Award. The stories in
Pigeon Feathers and Other Stories
Pigeon_Feathers_and_Other_Stories
2011 novel by Arthur Phillips
to Pale Fire, which is a novel in the form of a foreword to and commentary on a poem by the fictional John Shade by an academic colleague. Like Pale Fire
The_Tragedy_of_Arthur
American rapper (born 1985)
his family, with his parents preferring "The Temptations, Earth, Wind & Fire ... Bruce Springsteen and Dire Straits." According to Roth: The first CD
Asher_Roth
American writer and academic (born 1977)
The Critics. Pop Music. The New Yorker. 92 (4): 70–71. March 7, 2016. "Pale Fire: Is Whiteness a Privilege or a Plight?". The Critics. A Critic at Large
Hua_Hsu
Butterfly genus in family Lycaenidae
cobaltana Bálint & Lamas, 1994 – named after Kobalt, a mountain resort in Pale Fire Madeleinea colca Bálint & Lamas, 1996 Madeleinea gradoslamasi Bálint &
Madeleinea
2002 studio album by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
The Last DJ – Review". Stylus Magazine. Retrieved January 1, 2013. Pale fire, but fire nonetheless. [Dec 2002, p.130] Christgau, Robert (April 22, 2003)
The_Last_DJ
1816 sonnet by John Keats
Darien" (London, 1976). Vladimir Nabokov refers to the poem in his novel Pale Fire when the fictional poet John Shade mentions a newspaper headline that
On First Looking into Chapman's Homer
On_First_Looking_into_Chapman's_Homer
Gambling game played with cards
under an enclosed poplar as mentioned in Kinbote's note to line 130 in Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov, and is also played by Fatima and her family in Charles
Lansquenet
Sergei Semak; accepting herself as the Udinov heiress. In the episode "Pale Fire" Alex is shown to be in Russia hunting down Semak. However, Alex discovers
List_of_Nikita_characters
Literary genre of fictional royalty
United States as a ploy for gaining American aid. In Vladimir Nabokov's Pale Fire (1962), the main narrator has the delusion of being the incognito king
Ruritanian_romance
1930 novel by Vladimir Nabokov
structure that was developed further in later works such as Despair (1934), Pale Fire (1962) and his final novel, Look at the Harlequins! (1974). In a 1967
The_Eye_(novel)
American post-hardcore band
Vladimir Nabokov as literary influences, and cites books from Nabokov like Pale Fire and Lolita as some of his favorites. The band credits now defunct Michigan
La_Dispute_(band)
Basic rhythmic structure of a verse or lines in verse
century that it is now used mostly for humorous effect (although see Pale Fire for a non-trivial case). The most famous writers of heroic couplets are
Metre_(poetry)
1961 mystery novel by Agatha Christie
The Pale Horse is a mystery novel by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on 6 November 1961, and in the
The_Pale_Horse
Brakes Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore Vladimir Nabokov, The Gift; Pale Fire; Look at the Harlequins!; Lolita Flann O'Brien, At Swim-Two-Birds Tim
List_of_metafictional_works
American mountain climber (1954–2006)
favorable weather conditions were predicted for recovery team). 1981 Pale Fire IV 5.12, Moses, Canyonlands National Park, Utah; FFA of North Face Route
Charlie_Fowler
Catch-22 (1961) by Joseph Heller The Lime Twig (1961) by John Hawkes Pale Fire (1962) by Vladimir Nabokov A Clockwork Orange (1962) by Anthony Burgess
List_of_postmodern_novels
1969 novel by Vladimir Nabokov
settings Nabokov created in Invitation to a Beheading, Bend Sinister and Pale Fire. In a discussion with the Kyoto reading circle, Brian Boyd finds this
Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle
Ada,_or_Ardor:_A_Family_Chronicle
Written work of art
McGraw-Hill. pp. 55–56. ISBN 978-0-07-045737-9. "Professor Hurley in Pale Fire | The Nabokovian". thenabokovian.org. Retrieved 26 March 2026. Ulysses
Literature
Standard sized card for recording data
Nabokov wrote his works on index cards, a practice mentioned in his work Pale Fire. Address book – Database used for storing contact details Card sorting –
Index_card
1934 novel by Vladimir Nabokov
fictions make ample use of doubling, duplication, and mirroring, such as in Pale Fire and Lolita. Vladislav Khodasevich pointed out that Nabokov is obsessed
Despair_(novel)
Russian poet and pedagogist, brother of the writer Vladimir Nabokov
to the complex interactions of the gay character Kinbote in the novel Pale Fire. The death of his brother and other war tragedies led Nabokov to reflect
Sergey_Nabokov
1977 incomplete novel by Vladimir Nabokov
normal for Nabokov, the basis of many of his works, such as Lolita and Pale Fire. Nabokov was a perfectionist and made it clear that, upon his death, any
The_Original_of_Laura
Heroine of a Swedish legendary saga
painting there are verses providing explanations in Latin and Swedish. In Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov, the last Zemblan King's wife is named Disa, and titled
Disa
Short story by Jorge Luis Borges
Portuguese adopted the pseudonym Pierre Menard.[citation needed] The novel Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov expands the concept of the 'frame narrative' of Borges's
Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote
Pierre_Menard,_Author_of_the_Quixote
2016 studio album by Amanda Shires
noted. "The Way It Dimmed" - 2:11 "Slippin'" - 2:39 "Harmless" - 3:53 "Pale Fire" (Shires, Jason Isbell) - 3:16 "Nursery Rhyme" - 2:32 "My Love (The Storm)"
My_Piece_of_Land
English actress (1944–2024)
Concierge, HIMMLER'S BOY, BBC Radio 3, Patrick Rayner 2004, Sybil Shade, PALE FIRE, BBC Radio 3, Patrick Rayner 2004, Reader, SHORT STORY - ONE SIZE FITS
Joanna_Tope
Literary genre
since the 1960s–70s undergone a remarkable revival. Vladimir Nabokov's Pale Fire (1962) takes the form of a 999-line poem in four cantos, though the plot
Verse_novel
2011 studio album by La Dispute
at least not that we can hear." With writer Vladimir Nabokov's works Pale Fire and Lolita being considered as the "biggest external influence" on Wildlife
Wildlife_(La_Dispute_album)
English rock band
Pale Waves are an English rock band from Manchester, formed in 2014. Lead singer and guitarist Heather Baron-Gracie met drummer Ciara Doran while attending
Pale_Waves
Spoils". Zembla: A Northern European country in Vladimir Nabokov's novel Pale Fire. Zemenia: An Eastern European country in episode 6, season 7 of Monk.
List of fictional European countries
List_of_fictional_European_countries
1857 autobiographical book by Fitz Hugh Ludlow
creates a literary persona not unlike the poet John Shade in Nabokov’s Pale Fire, a character who allows us to see deeper into his predicament than he
The_Hasheesh_Eater
Topics referred to by the same term
marathon runner Jakob Gradus, a character in Vladimir Nabokov's novel Pale Fire. This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Gradus
Gradus_(disambiguation)
1815 short book by Angus McDiarmid
more recent mention of the phrase occurs in Vladimir Nabokov's novel Pale Fire; the narrator sees McDiarmid's prose as a precursor to Finnegans Wake
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