Bibliograph

Nabokov in America, on the road to Lolita, Robert Roper

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Nabokov in America, on the road to Lolita, Robert Roper

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-281) and index

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individual biography

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illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Nabokov in America

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bibliography

Oclc number

897946344

Responsibility statement

Robert Roper

Sub title

on the road to Lolita

Summary

Writing about the author of the immortal Lolita and Pale Fire, Robert Roper fills out Vladimir Nabokov's American period, covering Nabokov's critical friendship with Edmund Wilson, his time at Cornell, his role at Harvard's Museum of Comparative Zoology. But Nabokov in America finds its narrative heart in his serial sojourns into the wilds of the West, undertaken with his wife, Vera, and their son over more than a decade. Nabokov covered more than 200,000 miles as he indulged his other passion: butterfly collecting. Roper has mined fresh sources to bring detail to these journeys, and traces their significant influence in Nabokov's work: on two-lane highways and in late-'40s motels and cafes, we feel Lolita draw near, and understand Nabokov's seductive familiarity with the American mundane." --, Provided by publisher

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On the road to Lolita

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