Subject
errata: not dire but fire of my loins ( former posting on Kings
Never Die)
Never Die)
From
Date
Body
With time in my hands I went to " The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations". Nabokov was quoted only once and with a short extract: "Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins".
In the "Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations" ( Ned Sherrin) he also was cited once, under "Murder": "You can
always count on a murderer for a fancy prose style."
At "The Essential Reference book": Who wrote what when? Over a Thousand Writers from Douglas Adams to Emile Zola" ( Simon and Shuster,1999) has a short entry about Nabokov, lists his publications from 1926 to 1957 ( i.e: from Mary to Pnin, totalling 10 books) and never a word about "Ada or Ardor", "Look at the Harlequins", "Strong Opinions...
Its closing lines are revelatory: after succintly describing "Nabokov's masterpiece, Lolita" it ends with a shot: " Lolita was an instant success; it shot Nabokov to fame and enabled him to devote himself to writing".
Search the archive: http://listserv.ucsb.edu/archives/nabokv-l.html
Contact the Editors: mailto:nabokv-l@utk.edu,nabokv-l@holycross.edu,chtodel@cox.net
Visit Zembla: http://www.libraries.psu.edu/nabokov/zembla.htm
View Nabokv-L policies: http://web.utk.edu/~sblackwe/EDNote.htm
In the "Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations" ( Ned Sherrin) he also was cited once, under "Murder": "You can
always count on a murderer for a fancy prose style."
At "The Essential Reference book": Who wrote what when? Over a Thousand Writers from Douglas Adams to Emile Zola" ( Simon and Shuster,1999) has a short entry about Nabokov, lists his publications from 1926 to 1957 ( i.e: from Mary to Pnin, totalling 10 books) and never a word about "Ada or Ardor", "Look at the Harlequins", "Strong Opinions...
Its closing lines are revelatory: after succintly describing "Nabokov's masterpiece, Lolita" it ends with a shot: " Lolita was an instant success; it shot Nabokov to fame and enabled him to devote himself to writing".
Search the archive: http://listserv.ucsb.edu/archives/nabokv-l.html
Contact the Editors: mailto:nabokv-l@utk.edu,nabokv-l@holycross.edu,chtodel@cox.net
Visit Zembla: http://www.libraries.psu.edu/nabokov/zembla.htm
View Nabokv-L policies: http://web.utk.edu/~sblackwe/EDNote.htm