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Reading Nabokov, James, Austen, Fitzgerald
Azar Nafisi's memoir once again demonstrates the power of ideas in literature in an oppressive regime (think "Balzac and the Little Chinese Seanstress"). Nafisi is a western educated professor of…
American Stories
In sheer volume, Nabokov's American stories were dwarfed by his Russian output. Between the completion of his first novel in English, The Real Life of Sebastian Knight, in 1939, and…
Nabokov carried tradition of gentleman naturalist into mid-century
Although writer Vladimir Nabokov often used a hand lens for his taxonomic study of butterflies, historian Daniel Alexandrov may be the first to treat Nabokov himself as a "lens," specifically…
Clues to Nabokov the man
(CNN) -- It's easy to think you can judge a man by his fiction. Isn't the creation, at least in some part, the creator? Keeping that question in mind, was…
Vladimir Nabokov
Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov's serio-comic portrait of small-town America, is published in 1955 in France by the Olympia Press. It has been rejected by four American publishers who are terrified of…
Lolita and Mr. Girodias by Vladimir Nabokov 3
In 1957, the Lolita affair entered its American phase which to me was in every way more important than its Olympia one. Jason Epstein, by championing the publication of a…
Lolita and Mr. Girodias by Vladimir Nabokov 2
On the other hand, he now tones down substantially his proud recollections of having "edited" Lolita. On April 22, 1960, 1 had been obliged to write to the editor of…
Lolita and Mr. Girodias by Vladimir Nabokov 1
Vladimir Nabakov, whose Lolita was first published by the Olympia Press of Maurice Girodias, was the subject of an article in Evergreen #37 in which Mr. Girodias gave his account…
„Lolita” causes a different kind of controversy
Nabokov's son sues over parody of his father's classic novel NEW YORK - Sequels to "Gone With the Wind'' and "Casablanca'' have come off without a catch - but a…
Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov: A Book Review
Captivating, Controversial Classic Nabokov´s prose captivated me from his very first lines. ("Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul.") The most common reaction from…
Nabokov and the Bible
I am currently writing an article on Nabokov's use of biblical materials; it has been accepted for inclusion the forthcoming volume, From Around the Globe: Secular Authors and Biblical Perspectives…
Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977) – pen name Vladimir Sirin
Russian-born American novelist, critic, and acknowledged lepidopterist. Nabokov wrote both in Russian and English. His best-known novel, LOLITA (1955), shocked many people but its humor and literary style were praised…
Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (April 22, 1899 - July 2, 1977), author, lepidopterist and chess problemist. The eldest son of Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov, he was born in St. Petersburg, Russia. He…
„Lolita”: Complex, often tricky and „a hard sell”
(CNN) -- When it was first published in 1955, reactions to "Lolita" ranged from rapture to outrage, and the word "controversial" has shadowed the book's title ever since. But with…
Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov
S E P T E M B E R 1 9 5 8 A review by Charles Rolo Here it is at last, Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita (Putnam, $)--first issued in…
How is Lithuanian cinema getting on today?
This time the guest of the month in “Sociumas” is Skirmantas Valiulis, famous public man, lecturer and cinema’s critic, who shares his ideas about nowadays situation of Lithuanian cinema in…