Nabokov in America (67 page)

Quilty, Clare (character),
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n

Rachmaninoff, Sergei,
(1)

racialism in U.S., Nabokov on,
(1)

Rand, Ayn,
(1)

reader’s response, Nabokov on goals for,
(1)

reality

American, and Nabokov’s writing style,
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,
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n

decaying sense of in
Lolita
,
(1)
,
(2)

mystery underling, in Nabokov’s fiction,
(1)
,
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,
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,
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Nabokov on,
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,
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,
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n

severing of text from, in Nabokov,
(1)

spiritual dimension of

in American literature,
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n

in Nabokov’s fiction,
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,
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The Real Life of Sebastian Knight
(Nabokov)

autobiographical elements in,
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modernist style of,
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poor sales of,
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publication of,
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n

sexual passages in,
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Wilson on,
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writing of,
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Reid, Mayne,
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n

Remington, Charles L.,
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Rinehart, Stanley M.,
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Roosevelt, Eleanor,
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Rosenfeld, Paul,
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,
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Ross, Harold,
(1)

Russia

loss of to Bolsheviks,
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,
(2)

Nabokov on abuses in,
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,
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Nabokov’s writing career in,
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pogroms,
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,
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n

restrictions on Jews in,
(1)

Russian émigrés, Western views on,
(1)

Russian language

Dmitri Nabokov’s education in,
(1)

Nabokov’s poetry in,
(1)n

transition from, Nabokov’s sense of loss over,
(1)

Russian literature.
See also
translations by Nabokov into English

desire to introduce U.S. audience to,
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,
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,
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favorite writers of Nabokov,
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influence on Nabokov,
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Nabokov on social compassion in,
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Nabokov’s possessiveness of legacy of,
(1)

wartime fluctuation of U.S. interest in,
(1)

Russian novels of Nabokov,
(1)
.
See also
translations of Nabokov’s works into English;
specific works

Russian Problem, Nabokov and,
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,
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n

Russian Revolution

Nabokov on,
(1)

number of Russians in U.S. and,
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Salinger, J. D.

career parallels to Nabokov,
(1)

Catcher in the Rye
, echoes of in
Lolita
,
(1)

success of, as model for Nabokov,
(1)

Sarton, May,
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Schiff, Stacy,
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,
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,
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Schmoll, Hazel,
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Schwartz, Delmore,
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n

scientific management movement,
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Sellers, Peter,
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sentimentality in literature, Nabokov on,
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sexual predation of girls.
See also
pedophilia

in
The Enchanter
,
(1)

Nabokov’s sources on,
(1)

Nabokov’s views on,
(1)

source of Nabokov’s interest in,
(1)n

as theme in
Lolita
, choice of,
(1)

as theme in Nabokov’s
oeuvre
,
(1)
,
(2)n

sexual scenes in Nabokov’s work

before
Lolita
,
(1)

Nabokov’s eschewing of direct, vulgar depictions,
(1)
,
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Shade, John (character).
See also
“Pale Fire” (Shade)

death of,
(1)
,
(2)

echoes of Nabokov in,
(1)
,
(2)

Shawn, William,
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,
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n

“Signs and Symbols” (Nabokov),
(1)

Sirin, V., as nom de plume,
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,
(2)

The Skin of Our Teeth
(Wilder),
(1)

Smith, Phyllis,
(1)

social compassion in literature, Nabokov on,
(1)

“Some new or little-known Nearctic
Neonympha
(Lepidoptera; Satyridae)” (Nabokov),
(1)
,
(2)

The Song of Igor’s Campaign
, Nabokov’s translation of,
(1)
,
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,
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n

Soviet Union

Nabokov on,
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,
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,
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,
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persecution of writers in,
(1)

seizing of Nabokov’s estate by,
(1)

Wilson as supporter of,
(1)

and World War II, Nabokov on,
(1)
,
(2)

Speak, Memory
(Nabokov)

on butterfly collecting,
(1)
,
(2)

as commercial flop,
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,
(2)

Nabokov on,
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n

on Nabokov’s father,
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n

Nabokov’s Russian translation of,
(1)

on Nabokov’s voyage to U.S.,
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Nabokov’s writing style in,
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plans for sequel to,
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,
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publication of,
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on “realm of timelessness” underlying life,
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serial publication of chapters from,
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,
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unity of Nabokov’s world as theme in,
(1)

Updike on,
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n

writing of,
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,
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,
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,
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Stalin, Josef,
(1)

Stallings, Don,
(1)

Stanford University, Nabokov at

and butterfly collecting,
(1)

courses taught,
(1)
,
(2)

friends and colleagues,
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,
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n

invitation to teach,
(1)

Nabokovs’ residence in Palo Alto,
(1)

popularity of lectures,
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prewar life at Stanford and,
(1)

teaching style,
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,
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,
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n

and translations of Russian works,
(1)

travel to (
See
driving tour, New York to California (1941))

Stegner, Page,
(1)

Straus, Roger,
(1)

Stravinsky, Igor,
(1)

Strong Opinions
(Nabokov),
(1)

Studies in Classic American Literature
(Lawrence),
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,
(2)
n92–93

Switzerland, Nabokovs in

butterfly collection,
(1)

and loss of U.S. maps and travel notes,
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and pleasure in isolation,
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view of America from,
(1)

visits to U.S. from,
(1)

symbol and allegory, Nabokov on,
(1)

Szeftel, Marc,
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,
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n,
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n

Taboritsky, Sergei,
(1)

Tate, Allen,
(1)

television

and
Lolita
, sensation created by,
(1)

Nabokov’s CBC
Lolita
interview,
(1)

Thompson, Bertrand,
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,
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n

Thompson, Lisbet,
(1)

Thoreau, Henry,
(1)
,
(2)

Three Russian Poets
(Nabokov),
(1)

time, treatment of

in Nabokov,
(1)
,
(2)

in Tolstoy,
(1)

“Time and Ebb” (Nabokov),
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Tolstoy, Alexandra,
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,
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,
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Tolstoy, Leo,
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n

Tolstoy Foundation,
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translations by Nabokov into English,
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n133.
See also
Eugene Onegin
(Pushkin), Nabokov’s translation and commentary

Laughlin’s publication of,
(1)

possessiveness over Russian literary legacy and,
(1)

Wilson and,
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,
(2)n

writing of
Nikolai Gogol
and,
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,
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,
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,
(4)

translations by Nabokov into Russian,
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,
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translations of Nabokov’s works into English,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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n243–44

importance to Nabokov,
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,
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U.S. market size and,
(1)

translations of Nabokov’s works into other languages,
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,
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,
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,
(4)

translation work by Dmitri Nabokov,
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n233–34,
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n243–44

Transparent Things
(Nabokov),
(1)

Trilling, Lionel,
(1)

Twain, Mark,
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,
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Unsoeld, Willi,
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,
(2)n

Updike, John,
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n,
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n

Utah, Nabokovs’ visit to (1943)

butterfly collecting during,
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,
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,
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climbing of Lone Peak,
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Laughlin as host of,
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,
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love of outdoors and,
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Nabokov on scenic views in,
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Nabokov’s daily life during,
(1)

and spiritual aspects of mountain climbing,
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Utah, Nabokovs’ visit to (1949),
(1)

Utah, Nabokovs’ visit to (1956),
(1)

Vermont, Nabokovs’ visits to,
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,
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Vietnam War, Nabokovs’ views on,
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,
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n

VN (
Pnin
narrator/character)

echoes of Nabokov in,
(1)

role of,
(1)

triumph over Pnin,
(1)

on Waindell College,
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Vyra (Nabokov family estate), Nabokov’s butterfly collecting at,
(1)

The Waltz Invention
(Nabokov),
(1)

Weeks, Edward A.,
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,
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,
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Weidenfeld, George,
(1)

Wellesley College, Nabokov at

Dmiti Nabokov and,
(1)

efforts to return to,
(1)

family residence at,
(1)

friends and colleagues at,
(1)

lecture series at (1941),
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,
(2)

popularity among faculty,
(1)
n

salary,
(1)

teaching style,
(1)

as writer in residence,
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,
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,
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Wells, H. G.,
(1)

Western U.S.

and American literature,
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European views on,
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landscapes, Nabokov on,
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,
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postwar American fascination with,
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wartime tourism in,
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Western U.S., Nabokovs’ visits to.
See also
Arizona; Colorado; New Mexico; Utah; Wyoming; Yosemite National Park;
entries under
driving tours

attraction of West,
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,
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and butterfly collecting,
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n

as drain on Nabokov’s finances,
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extensive travel,
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,
(2)

happiness of,
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,
(2)

hopes of return to,
(1)

inability to visit in mid-1940s,
(1)

loss of maps and travel notes for,
(1)

Nabokov’s health and,
(1)
,
(2)

and pleasure of isolation,
(1)

regular visits to after 1947,
(1)

as setting for
Lolita
,
(1)

trip to (1954),
(1)

trip to (1959),
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White, Katharine,
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n,
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