Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0004184, Tue, 15 Jun 1999 15:07:13 -0700

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From: "John A. Rea" <jarea@uky.campuscwix.net>
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> On Tue, 15 June 1999, John A. Rea wrote:
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> > Then there is the "final scene" between Humbert and Q (which in French
> > is pronounced 'cul' anyway)

ADD: thus "my Q" and "my cue" are both the equivalent of Zazie's
favorite expression, "Mon cul." Some commentators have seemed a bit
anachronistically squeamish in annotating such things, (especially if
they have repetitive initials! and I include one VV).
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> > My wife, a PhD in her middle years who does Freudian crit of Brontes,
> > Austen, and Joyce, insists that Lolita was a young boy in drag!!
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> > John