5. Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita
The American Novel Since 1945 (ENGL 291) Professor Amy Hungerford introduces the first of three lectures on Nabokov s Lolita by surveying students reactions to the novel, highlighting the conflicting emotions readers feel, enjoying Nabokov s virtuosic style, but being repelled by the violence of his subject matter. Nabokov s childhood in tsarist Russia provides some foundation for his interest in memory, imagination, and language. Finally, Professor Hungerford shows how Nabokov, through the voice of his p
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