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Women can be drawn to, or look away from, things that give language for
such abuses. If only no one felt barriers to *Lolita*.
Barrie Karp
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On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 11:01 AM, Stringer-Hye, Suellen <
suellen.stringer-hye@vanderbilt.edu> wrote:
> I agree with this defense and would go even further to say, that the book
> is in itself and exploration of how and why the vulnerable and weak are
> victimized by the strong and respectable. "Reading between the lines" is a
> "life skill" that Nabokov encouraged.
>
> Suellen Stringer-Hye
>
>
> https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/11/health/domestic-violence-abusive-
> relationships.html
>
> *From:* Vladimir Nabokov Forum [NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU] on behalf of
> Eric NAIMAN [naiman@BERKELEY.EDU]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 15, 2018 3:12 PM
> *To:* NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
> *Subject:* [NABOKV-L] Anne Dwyer on "Why I teach Lolita"
>
> For those of us who teach or admire *Lolita,* Anne Dwyer (Pomona College)
> has published an eloquent defense of the novel.
>
> *https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2018/05/14/teaching-lolita-still-appropriate-opinion
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such abuses. If only no one felt barriers to *Lolita*.
Barrie Karp
http://barrie-karp.squarespace.com/
http://barrie-karp.squarespace.com/
On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 11:01 AM, Stringer-Hye, Suellen <
suellen.stringer-hye@vanderbilt.edu> wrote:
> I agree with this defense and would go even further to say, that the book
> is in itself and exploration of how and why the vulnerable and weak are
> victimized by the strong and respectable. "Reading between the lines" is a
> "life skill" that Nabokov encouraged.
>
> Suellen Stringer-Hye
>
>
> https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/11/health/domestic-violence-abusive-
> relationships.html
>
> *From:* Vladimir Nabokov Forum [NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU] on behalf of
> Eric NAIMAN [naiman@BERKELEY.EDU]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 15, 2018 3:12 PM
> *To:* NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
> *Subject:* [NABOKV-L] Anne Dwyer on "Why I teach Lolita"
>
> For those of us who teach or admire *Lolita,* Anne Dwyer (Pomona College)
> has published an eloquent defense of the novel.
>
> *https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2018/05/14/teaching-lolita-still-appropriate-opinion
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