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Speak, Memory

Speak, Memory is a memoir by writer Vladimir Nabokov. The book includes individual essays published between 1936 and 1951 to create the first edition in 1951. Nabokov's revised and extended edition appeared in 1966. Nabokov writes in the text that he was dissuaded from titling the book Speak, Mnemosyne by his publisher, who feared that readers would not buy a "book whose title they could not pronounce". It was first published in a single volume in 1951 as Speak, Memory in the United Kingdom and as Conclusive Evidence in the United States. The Russian version was published in 1954 and called Drugie berega (Other Shores). An extended edition including several photographs was published in 1966 as Speak, Memory: An Autobiography Revisited. In 1999 Alfred A. Knopf issued a new edition with the addition of a previously unpublished section titled "Chapter 16".

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Speak, Memory is a memoir by writer Vladimir Nabokov. The book includes individual essays published between 1936 and 1951 to create the first edition in 1951. Nabokov's revised and extended edition appeared in 1966. Nabokov writes in the text that he was dissuaded from titling the book Speak, Mnemosyne by his publisher, who feared that readers would not buy a "book whose title they could not pronounce". It was first published in a single volume in 1951 as Speak, Memory in the United Kingdom and as Conclusive Evidence in the United States. The Russian version was published in 1954 and called Drugie berega (Other Shores). An extended edition including several photographs was published in 1966 as Speak, Memory: An Autobiography Revisited. In 1999 Alfred A. Knopf issued a new edition with the addition of a previously unpublished section titled "Chapter 16".

Key claims

  1. publication date: 1936 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  2. publication date: 1951 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  3. publication date: 1954 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  4. publication date: 1966 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  5. publication date: 1936 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  6. publication date: 1841 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  7. publication date: 1950 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  8. publication date: 1936 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  9. publication date: 1943 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  10. publication date: 1948 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the publication date is "1936". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. The record states that the publication date is "1951". What evidence would count against this claim?
  4. The record states that the publication date is "1954". What evidence would count against this claim?
  5. The record states that the publication date is "1966". What evidence would count against this claim?
  6. The record states that the publication date is "1936". What evidence would count against this claim?
  7. The record states that the publication date is "1841". What evidence would count against this claim?
  8. The record states that the publication date is "1950". What evidence would count against this claim?
  9. The record states that the publication date is "1936". What evidence would count against this claim?
  10. The record states that the publication date is "1943". What evidence would count against this claim?
  11. The record states that the publication date is "1948". What evidence would count against this claim?
  12. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  13. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367839872

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