Professor Lee Quinby – Spring 2012

Posts Tagged: Nabokov


Posts Tagged ‘Nabokov’

Suspended between Lolita and Lucidity

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, […]

Well played, Nabokov, well played

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 […]