Nabokov in America (64 page)

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research for,
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time spent in,
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Wilson’s review of,
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writing style of,
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The Eye
(Nabokov),
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Faulkner, William

Absolom, Absolom!
,
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“The Bear,”
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and belief in genius,
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on
Moby-Dick
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Nabokov on,
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Nabokov’s familiarity with,
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and sexual frankness in fiction,
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Field, Andrew,
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filmmakers, émigré,
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Fitzgerald, Scott,
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France

Lolita
in,
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Nabokov as celebrity in,
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Nabokov visit to Paris (1937),
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wartime refugees from,
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France, Nabokovs’ residence in,
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difficulties of finding work,
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flight from,
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poverty during,
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social life,
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writing in,
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Freudian theory

Nabokov’s dislike of,
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sexuality in
Lolita
and,
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Frumkin, Yakov,
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Futurists, influence on Nabokov,
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Garnett, Constance,
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genius, Nabokov’s belief in,
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Gentleman’s Agreement
(Nabokov),
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geography in Nabokov’s work

in
Ada
vs.
Pnin
,
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in
Pale Fire
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reality of in American novels,
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The Gift
(Nabokov)

critical reception of,
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critique of Russian literature in,
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echoes of Nabokov’s biography in,
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mountain landscapes in,
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Nabokov on,
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political themes in,
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publication of,
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quality of,
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sexual predation of girls as theme in,
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translation of,
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writing of,
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Gilkey, Art,
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Glory
(Nabokov),
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Godin, Gaston (character), models for,
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Gogol, Nikolai.
See also
Nikolai Gogol
(Nabokov)

Dead Souls
, Nabokov’s translation of,
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life of as cautionary tale,
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,
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Nabokov on,
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Nabokov’s critique of translations of,
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Gordon, John,
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Gorky, Maxim,
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Grand Canyon

Nabokov on,
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Nabokovs’ visits to,
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Great Depression, influence on Wilson,
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Green, Suzanne Rab,
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Greene, Graham,
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Grimaldi, David,
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Grynberg, Roman,
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Guadanini, Irina,
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Guggenheim Fellowship

Nabokov’s nomination of Berkman for,
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Nabokov’s winning of,
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The Guillotine at Work
(Maximoff),
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Hamsun, Knut,
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Hardwick, Elizabeth,
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Harris, Frank,
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Harris, James B.,
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Harvard University.
See also
Museum of Comparative Zoology (Harvard)

Dmitri Nabokov at,
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Mountaineering Club at,
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Nabokov efforts to work for,
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n

Nabokov’s research at (1956),
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Nabokov’s teaching at (1952),
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wartime transformation of,
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Hawthorne, Nathaniel,
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health of Nabokov

dental problems,
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n

hemorrhagic colitis (1944),
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illness of fall 1951,
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insomnia,
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intercostal neuralgia,
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physical vigor,
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smoking,
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stress-related psoriasis,
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Western trips and,
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Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS), Nabokovs’ voyage to U.S. and,
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n

Hemingway, Ernest

on abstract words,
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n

anti-Semitism of,
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friends of,
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Nabokov’s familiarity with,
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Nabokov’s views on,
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“One Reader Writes,”
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prominence of in 1940s,
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Hessen, Iosif,
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Hewes, Charles Edwin,
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historical irony, lack of in Nabokov,
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n

Hitchcock, Alfred,
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n

Holocaust, rare mentions of in Nabokov,
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Hopi House (Grand Canyon National Park),
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Horner, Sally,
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Humbert, Humbert (character)

anticipations of in
Bend Sinister
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as anti-Freudian,
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and Byronic tradition,
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coercion of Lolita,
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complex reader response to,
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deaths attributable to,
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dream of breeding future Lolitas,
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emptiness of West and,
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epiphany outside Ephinstone,
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growing sense of unreality in,
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heart attack of,
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and learning to read America,
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models for,
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Nabokov’s distance from evil of,
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national parks/monuments visited by,
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paranoia of,
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pity toward Lolita evoked by, in final scenes,
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Salinger’s Holden Caulfield and,
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self-recrimination in,
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similar characters in Nabokov,
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interpretation, Nabokov on,
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n,
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Invitation to a Beheading
(Nabokov)

Bend Sinister
and,
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English translation of,
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n

publication of,
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quality of,
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style of,
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n

Wilson on,
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writing of,
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Ithaca, New York.
See also
Cornell University, Nabokov at

Dmitri Nabokov on life in,
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as setting of
Pale Fire
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Jakobson, Roman,
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James, Henry,
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Jannelli, Altagracia de

early death of,
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efforts on behalf of Nabokov,
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Nabokov’s correspondence with,
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relationship with Nabokov,
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views on Nabokov’s career,
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John Gordon Society,
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Joyce, James

acquaintance with Nabokov,
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and belief in genius,
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influence on Nabokov,
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Nabokov on,
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and obscenity laws,
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Pasternak and,
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publisher of,
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Kansas, butterfly collecting in,
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Karlinsky, Simon,
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Karpovich, Mikhail,
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Karpovich, Tatiana,
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Kennedy, John F.,
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n

Kerouac, Jack,
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n

Khodasevich, Vladislav,
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Kinbote, Charles (character)

admiration for Shade,
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and authorship of “Pale Fire,”
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n

character of,
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efforts to hijack Shade’s poem,
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on escape from Zembla,
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homosexuality of,
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hunger for companionship,
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independent apparatus constructed by,
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on magical power of language,
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Nabokov on,
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powers of insight in,
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as purported king of Zembla,
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on reading of
Pale Fire
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Shade as phantom companion of,
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as solipsist,
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spiritual/religious life of,
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writing style of,
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King, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther, Jr.,
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King, Queen, Knave
(Nabokov),
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“The Kishinev Bloodbath” (V. D. Nabokov),
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Koussevitsky, Serge,
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Kubrick, Stanley,
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“Lance” (Nabokov),
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Lanz, Henry,
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Laughlin, James

as Alta Lodge (Utah) host,
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background of,
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climbing of Lone Peak, Utah,
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and
Lolita
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and
Nikolai Gogol
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prominence as publisher,
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publication deal with Nabokov,
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and
The Real Life of Sebastian Knight
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n

relationship with Nabokov,
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and
Three Russian Poets
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Laughter in the Dark
(Nabokov)

Bend Sinister
and,
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film version of,
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income from,
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plot of,
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poor initial reception of,
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publication of,
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sexual passages in,
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solipsism of Albinus in,
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translations of,
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U.S. publication rights,
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writing of,
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writing style in,
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Lawrence, D. H.,
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Lawrence, Frieda,
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Leatherstocking Tales (Cooper),
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lectures, academic, during first months in U.S.,
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lecture tours (1942),
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echoes of in Nabokov’s fiction,
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income from,
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Léger, Fernand,
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Lenin, Vladimir,
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Leuthold, Dorothy,
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