The artist and death in the creative interpretation of V. Nabokov in the novel «The Original of Laura»

The article is devoted to the artistic philosophy of creativity in the novel “The Original of Laura” of V. Nabokov. We pay special attention to the role, which the category of death plays in the nature of the creative process. As a literary context, we involve another novels of V. Nabokov – “Invitation to a Beheading” (1935–1936) and “The Real Life of Sebastian Knight” (1941).