Jansy Mello: I understand that Juan Martinez has a very
special blog [
http://www.fulmerford.com] from which the name "Fulmerford"
stands out. * This time he brings up another quote and another pairing
about fame, namely, Nabokov and Lolita. By coincidence, I'd just pointed
out that both "Lolita" (in ADA, for exsmplr, it becomes part of a
young girl's wardrobe) and "nymphet" are now signifiers on the loose, that is,
these two words no longer pertain to the realm of Nabokoviana and suffer the
destiny of all signifiers: their meaning is not attached to one single original
referent. Nymphets may be aged 18 or 30, Lolita may indicate a gothic fashion in
Japan, or a young prostitute, aso
I have no idea how a Google Ngram Viewer chart functions.I understand that
the entries relate to the world of books, not to trends, popular songs nor
world events. Nabokov's quips are quips
are quips?
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* - ...asked about what he wanted to accomplish or leave behind in
the future,. Nabokov answered:
"Well, in this matter of
accomplishment, of course, I don't have a 35-year plan or program, but I have a
fair inkling of my literary afterlife. I have sensed certain
hints...With the Devil's connivance, I open a newspaper of 2063 and in some
article on the books page I find: "Nobody reads
Nabokov or Fulmerford today." Awful question: Who is this
unfortunate Fulmerford?" (Nabokov's 1964 Playboy interview)