Nabokov in America (63 page)

works by,
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Brecht, Bertold,
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n

Breit, Harvey,
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Bright Angel Lodge, Grand Canyon National Park,
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Brockway, Wallace,
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Buckley, William F.,
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Bunin, Ivan,
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,
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Burroughs, William,
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butterflies, Nabokov’s study of.
See also
American Museum of Natural History; Museum of Comparative Zoology (Harvard)

achievements in,
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appeal of,
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appetite for detail and,
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area of specialization in,
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as boy in Russia,
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,
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and comfort of familiar English scientific jargon,
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,
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decline of in late 1940s,
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as dream career,
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,
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friends and colleagues in,
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,
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,
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n

Nabokov’s publications on,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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during success of
Lolita
,
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,
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transition from gentleman naturalist to scientist,
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,
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,
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butterfly collecting by Nabokov

affinity with American literature and,
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as boy in Russia,
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,
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in Colorado,
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,
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,
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,
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desire to discover new species,
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in Europe,
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familiarity with U.S. collection sites,
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in France,
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and interest in America,
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,
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,
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in Kansas,
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during lecture tours (1942),
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and mountains, benefits of,
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during New York–California drive (1941),
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,
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,
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,
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pleasures of,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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Speak, Memory
on,
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,
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at Stanford,
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in Utah,
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in Vermont,
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Western travel and,
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n

in Wyoming,
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in Yosemite National Park,
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“Butterfly Collecting in Wyoming” (Nabokov),
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Buxbaum, Richard,
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Byron, Lord,
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n

Call It Sleep (Roth),
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n

Cambridge, Massachusetts.
See also
Harvard University; Museum of Comparative Zoology (Harvard)

Dmitri’s education in,
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Nabokovs’ homes in,
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,
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,
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,
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Nabokovs’ social life in,
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Camera Obscura
(Nabokov),
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.
See also
Laughter in the Dark
(Nabokov)

captivity narratives in American literature,
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,
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Caswell, Francis,
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caves, as U.S. roadside attractions,
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SS
Champlain
(ship),
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n

character of Nabokov

arrogance,
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boyishness,
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business matters, lack of interest in,
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cruelty,
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egoism,
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enjoyment in famous people,
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force of will,
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friendships with ordinary people,
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generosity,
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remoteness,
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n

running down of other writers,
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n

self-confidence,
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sententiousness,
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superciliousness and condescension,
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,
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,
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Chauteaubriand,
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Chernyshevsky, Nikolai,
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“Cloud, Castle, Lake” (Nabokov),
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Cocteau, Jean,
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Colorado, Nabokovs in

in 1947,
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,
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,
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in 1951,
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and
Lolita
, writing of,
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,
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and pleasure in isolation,
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sense of déjà vu in,
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colors,

Nabokov as synesthete and,
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Russian speakers more discerning of blue,
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Colter, Mary E. J.,
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,
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Columbine Lodge, Colorado,
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,
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compulsion

and butterfly collecting,
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as theme in Nabokov,
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,
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Comstock, William P.,
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,
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Conclusive Evidence
(Nabokov).
See
Speak, Memory
(Nabokov)

Constant, Benjamin,
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Cooper, James Fenimore,
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,
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Cornell University, Nabokov at

Dmitri Nabokov and,
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duration of,
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as financial relief,
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,
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friends and colleagues,
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n

hiring of,
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last class taught,
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leaves of absence from,
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n

literary production during,
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,
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Nabokovs’ happiness at,
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Nabokovs’ homes in,
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,
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,
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and
Pale Fire
, setting of,
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role in community,
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salary,
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,
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,
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,
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n

search for other positions,
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and student unrest,
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teaching duties,
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Covici, Pascal,
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,
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,
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,
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critical literature on Nabokov,
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Dale, Edith Hamlin,
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Dead Souls
(Gogol), Nabokov’s translation of,
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,
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Decision
(periodical),
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The Defense
(Nabokov),
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,
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Dennis, Nigel,
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Despair
(Nabokov),
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,
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,
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,
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detail, Nabokov’s appetite for,
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,
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and
Eugene Onegin
,
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,
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,
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,
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n176–77

and
Lolita
,
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,
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and reality, mystery underlying,
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writing style and,
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Dickinson, Emily,
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Disappointment Peak, Wyoming,
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n

Dixon, Maynard,
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Dobuzhinsky, Mstislav,
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,
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Doctor Zhivago
(Pasternak),
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Dostoevsky, Fyodor,
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Downey, John,
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dreams, Nabokov’s records of,
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driving tour, New York to California (1941),
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accommodations,
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butterfly collecting and,
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daily routine of,
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Dmitri Nabokov and,
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Dorothy Leuthold and,
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itinerary for,
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road conditions and,
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sites visited,
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,
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,
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tacky U.S. landscape and,
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vehicle for,
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driving tour of New York (1948),
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driving tours of Western U.S.,
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in 1949,
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n

in 1951

butterfly collecting during,
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and research for
Lolita
,
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,
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,
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n

in 1952,
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in 1953,
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in 1954,
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in 1956,
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in 1958,
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in 1959,
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,
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in 1972, hoped-for final trip,
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author’s retracing of,
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happiness of Nabokov family during,
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Nabokov’s affinity for,
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as postwar American pastime,
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Véra’s documentation of,
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Dr. Strangelove
(film),
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Du Bois, W. E. B.,
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n,
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n

Dunne, J. W.,
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Dupee, F. W.,
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n

Eastman, Max,
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economic concerns of Nabokov in America,
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,
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in Cambridge,
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Cornell teaching job and,
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,
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cost of Dmitri’s education and,
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cost of Western trips and,
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Nabokov’s complaints about,
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relief from, after 1946,
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triumph over, as inspirational,
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economic concerns of Nabokov in Europe,
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,
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efforts to downplay,
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lost inheritance and,
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Edel, Leon,
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education of Nabokov

at Cambridge University,
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depth of,
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and relocation to U.S.,
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,
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Eliot, T. S.,
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n

Ellis, Charles,
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Ellis, Havelock,
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Emerson, Ralph Waldo,
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,
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,
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,
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employment, during first months in U.S.,
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The Enchanter
(Nabokov)

dialogue in,
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as failed work,
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,
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generic description in,
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history of,
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n

parallels to
Lolita
in,
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n

sexual predation of girls as theme in,
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,
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,
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,
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England, Nabokov’s efforts to move to,
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English language

Nabokov’s spoken English,
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Nabokov’s transition to

and comfort of scientific jargon,
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,
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and
Lolita
, slang in,
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,
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mastery, achievement of,
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,
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move to America and,
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Nabokov on,
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as obstacle to literary work,
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English language authors, World War II-era antisemitism of,
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Epstein, Jason,
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,
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Eugene Onegin
(Pushkin)

and character as construction from literary sources,
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,
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echoes of in
Lolita
,
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epigraph of,
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influence on Nabokov,
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,
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Onegin’s “weary negligence,”
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plot of,
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publication of,
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,
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Tatiana’s obsessive love in,
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Eugene Onegin
(Pushkin), Nabokov’s translation and commentary,
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,
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,
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funding of,
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