... historical references (besides the allusion to Greek mythology) this novel this is more fiction that factual. 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. It can further be reasonable to suggest that, like Nabokov´s other works, Pale Fire is somewhat autobiographical; the lonely Charles Kinbote talks ... his own artistic work of literature, narrating a romantic tale of an exiled king. This imagined fictional tale creates room for interpretation, and although th...

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