Introduction : locating Nabokov's poetry
Reading Nabokov's reception : Nabokov, poetry, and the critics
Nabokov's lyric voice : the poetry of this world and another
Staged lyricism : the play of poetry and dream-logic in Nabokov's drama
Nabokov and the short story : the lyric heights of a small alpine form
Lyricism and the novel : Nabokov's gift for prose
A novel snatched from the sun : Nabokov's Pale fire
Conclusion : in place of an ending.