Cunning Stunts
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Cunning Stunts is the name of a fictional play in the novel Transparent Things
by Vladimir Nabokov
(published in 1972). It is a spoonerism
. Later appropriated by:
Transparent Things (novel)
Transparent Things is a novel by Vladimir Nabokov published in 1972. It was originally written in English.-Plot summary:This short novel tells the story of Hugh Person, a young American editor, and the memory of his four trips to a small village in Switzerland over the course of nearly two decades....
by Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov was a multilingual Russian novelist and short story writer. Nabokov wrote his first nine novels in Russian, then rose to international prominence as a master English prose stylist...
(published in 1972). It is a spoonerism
Spoonerism
A spoonerism is an error in speech or deliberate play on words in which corresponding consonants, vowels, or morphemes are switched . It is named after the Reverend William Archibald Spooner , Warden of New College, Oxford, who was notoriously prone to this tendency...
. Later appropriated by:
- Cunning Stunts (Caravan album)Cunning Stunts (Caravan album)Cunning Stunts is the sixth studio album by progressive rock band Caravan, released in 1975. The title of the album is a spoonerism for 'Stunning Cunts', which is typical of their cheeky use of language...
- Cunning Stunts (Cows album)
- Cunning Stunts (video), a concert video by Metallica