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The fifth section of Brian Boyd's paper "Lolita: What We Know and What We
Don't" will be of interest regarding "Humbert, the Hound". Spiders, of
course, are also potential hunters of butterflies. Especially given what
you've already mentioned about knights, you should find of interest a
couple of references in Lolita: A Screenplay (I would find the page numbers
and exact quotes for you but my room is a tangle of thorns right now and I
can't find my copy) to Humbert being a "dark knight" which I suspect may
have something to do with "Humbert, the Hoarse".
Lucia "First-Post-On-The-Nabokov-Listserv" Guatney
On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 7:01 AM, A. Bouazza <mushtary@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hello,****
>
> ** **
>
> To the question about his choice, VN replied in the 1964 Playboy
> interview, reprinted in *Strong Opinions* (p. 26, 1st US edition):****
>
> ** **
>
> “The double rumble is, I think, very nasty, very suggestive. It is a
> hateful name for a hateful person. It is also a kingly name, but I did need
> a royal vibration for Humbert the Fierce and Humbert the Humble. Lends
> itself also to a number of puns.”****
>
> ** **
>
> In his *Keys to Lolita* (pp. 8-9), Proffer discusses briefly these names,
> and I remember an extensive note in Appel’s *The Annotated Lolita*regarding the name.
> ****
>
> ** **
>
> A. Bouazza****
>
> ** **
>
> *From:* Vladimir Nabokov Forum [mailto:NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU] *On
> Behalf Of *Jansy
> *Sent:* vrijdag 15 maart 2013 18:03
> *To:* NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
> *Subject:* [NABOKV-L] Desultory query: Humbert Humbert's appositives****
>
> ** **
>
> 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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Don't" will be of interest regarding "Humbert, the Hound". Spiders, of
course, are also potential hunters of butterflies. Especially given what
you've already mentioned about knights, you should find of interest a
couple of references in Lolita: A Screenplay (I would find the page numbers
and exact quotes for you but my room is a tangle of thorns right now and I
can't find my copy) to Humbert being a "dark knight" which I suspect may
have something to do with "Humbert, the Hoarse".
Lucia "First-Post-On-The-Nabokov-Listserv" Guatney
On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 7:01 AM, A. Bouazza <mushtary@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hello,****
>
> ** **
>
> To the question about his choice, VN replied in the 1964 Playboy
> interview, reprinted in *Strong Opinions* (p. 26, 1st US edition):****
>
> ** **
>
> “The double rumble is, I think, very nasty, very suggestive. It is a
> hateful name for a hateful person. It is also a kingly name, but I did need
> a royal vibration for Humbert the Fierce and Humbert the Humble. Lends
> itself also to a number of puns.”****
>
> ** **
>
> In his *Keys to Lolita* (pp. 8-9), Proffer discusses briefly these names,
> and I remember an extensive note in Appel’s *The Annotated Lolita*regarding the name.
> ****
>
> ** **
>
> A. Bouazza****
>
> ** **
>
> *From:* Vladimir Nabokov Forum [mailto:NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU] *On
> Behalf Of *Jansy
> *Sent:* vrijdag 15 maart 2013 18:03
> *To:* NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
> *Subject:* [NABOKV-L] Desultory query: Humbert Humbert's appositives****
>
> ** **
>
> 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"****
>
> Google Search the archive<http://www.google.com/advanced_search?q=site:listserv.ucsb.edu&HL=en>
> ****
>
> Contact the Editors <nabokv-l@utk.edu,nabokv-l@holycross.edu>****
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