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OT A SINGLE OBSCENE TERM is to be found in this whole workâ (4)1â so states the fictitious Dr. John Ray, Jr., and until recently I had not thought that many readers would agree. Lolita has always struck me as a stylistically lewd book, an opinion I had not regarded as an original point of view. I was, therefore, surprised by an exchange in which I participated on âNabokv-L,â the electronic mail list server. The discussion began with a relayed query concerning Chestnut Lodge, a motel in which Humbert Humbert discerns a clue left by his nemesis Clare Quilty. The author of the query asked whether this might be a reference to the insane asylum of the same name in Baltimore (Drescher and Edmunds). After the listâs editor responded that he had once tried unsuccessfully to track down a motel by this name in old Triple A tourbooks ( Johnson), I suggested that the first word in this hotelâs name should be read as an anagram, beginning with the definite article and concluding with the possessive form of a word best not transported electronically across state lines. Nothing that I have ever written in my career as a
Comparative Literature – Duke University Press
Published: Jan 1, 2006
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