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From: Brian Walter <bwalter@dobson.ozarks.edu>
The Amis article also serves as the introduction to the Everyman Library
edition of LOLITA (Knopf, 1992).
BW
Brian Walter, Assistant Professor
HFA-English
University of the Ozarks
Clarksville, AR 72830
(501) 979-1339 or 754-3499
bwalter@dobson.ozarks.edu
> >From Mary Bellino (iambe@javanet.com):
>
> If I recall it correctly, Martin Amis's essay on Lolita (in the Atlantic
> Monthly of September 1992) may have dealt with some of these issues,
> though of course I don't think Amis read McNeely's article. I can't find
> the Amis essay in my Timonian cave, but perhaps someone remembers it or
> has a copy to hand (it wasn't reprinted in Visiting Mrs.Nabokov).
>
> I haven't read McNeely's article, but if he is really asking whether one
> "can regard as high art the story of a pedophile," he seems to have a
> rather peculiar view of art. Or maybe not so peculiar these days.
>
> Amis's essay antedates the founding of NABOKV-L and was never discussed
> here (or at least my searches turned up only passing mentions); maybe we
> should rustle up some copies have a go at it. As I recall it was very
> good.
>
The Amis article also serves as the introduction to the Everyman Library
edition of LOLITA (Knopf, 1992).
BW
Brian Walter, Assistant Professor
HFA-English
University of the Ozarks
Clarksville, AR 72830
(501) 979-1339 or 754-3499
bwalter@dobson.ozarks.edu
> >From Mary Bellino (iambe@javanet.com):
>
> If I recall it correctly, Martin Amis's essay on Lolita (in the Atlantic
> Monthly of September 1992) may have dealt with some of these issues,
> though of course I don't think Amis read McNeely's article. I can't find
> the Amis essay in my Timonian cave, but perhaps someone remembers it or
> has a copy to hand (it wasn't reprinted in Visiting Mrs.Nabokov).
>
> I haven't read McNeely's article, but if he is really asking whether one
> "can regard as high art the story of a pedophile," he seems to have a
> rather peculiar view of art. Or maybe not so peculiar these days.
>
> Amis's essay antedates the founding of NABOKV-L and was never discussed
> here (or at least my searches turned up only passing mentions); maybe we
> should rustle up some copies have a go at it. As I recall it was very
> good.
>