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Desultory query: Humbert Humbert's appositives
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While I was going through "Lolita" ( searching for references to ombre, hombre, umber) my attention was called to the list of appositives used to qualify Humbert Humbert, like those adjectives that are appended to the names of heroes, knights, royalty (one third begin with the letter H). Their appearance in the text is not regular (it's to be found mainly in the first chapters and I didn't check to see if related to the diary he kept)
Does anyone know about any article related to this subject that could send us a reference or link?
Humbert, the Terrible and Humbert, the Small
Humbert, le Bel
Humbert, the Hoarse
Humbert, the Wounded Spider
Humbert, the Humble
Humbert, the Hummer
Humbert, the Hound
Humbert, the Cubus
Humbert, the popular butcher
PS: I hope I got the correct word for "appositive"
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Does anyone know about any article related to this subject that could send us a reference or link?
Humbert, the Terrible and Humbert, the Small
Humbert, le Bel
Humbert, the Hoarse
Humbert, the Wounded Spider
Humbert, the Humble
Humbert, the Hummer
Humbert, the Hound
Humbert, the Cubus
Humbert, the popular butcher
PS: I hope I got the correct word for "appositive"
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