Suspended between Lolita and Lucidity
Monday, April 2nd, 2012
Sorry for the late post! I wasn’t quite to the end of part two last night and wanted to finish it before writing. First of all, wow! I have so much respect for Nabokov as an author! He has total mastery over language, mood, and his audience. I know there is no “real” author present, […]
Suspended between Lolita and Lucidity
Tags: Humbert Humbert, Identity, Illusion, Lolita, Memory, Nabokov
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Well played, Nabokov, well played
Sunday, April 1st, 2012
At the end of Lolita, I felt kind of regretful that I did not borrow/purchase the annotated version because of all the references and word plays I am bound to have missed. I appreciate that this novel was split up into two classes: after our initial discussion, I approached reading part two differently than part […]
Well played, Nabokov, well played
Tags: Humbert Humbert, Lolita, Nabokov, Obsession, Quilty
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