DEAR J.O.
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It would be helpful to know what university this diss was written at.

Scott Baxter
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  The “Real” Lives of Vladimir Nabokov: A Critique of Three Novels
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> Jamie L. Olson, English
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> Thomas Zelman, Ph.D., Department of English
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> ABSTRACT
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> The distinction between truth and fiction in the interpretation
> of literature is not always clear, particularly in light of the
> reader’s tendency to subjectively “read into” the text information
> that may not be intrinsic. In the novels Lolita, Pale Fire, and The
> Real Life of Sebastian Knight, Vladimir Nabokov exploits this tendency
> to the fullest extent, blurring the reality/art dichotomy by means of
> narrative deceit and often parodying the reader’s relationship to the
> text. The implications of these techniques and of solipsistic reading
> are explored in this paper, and ultimately extended to encompass
> literary analysis in general, thereby examining how one should
> interact with a fictional piece of literature.
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