[EDNote: subscribers interested in VN's preference for punning insinuation ("ludic lewdness"?) over blatant sexual vulgarity are encouraged to seek out Eric Naiman's article, "A Filthy Look at Shakespeare's Lolita," Comparative
Literature 58.1 (winter 2006): 1-23, recently announced on Nabokv-L. On a related note, see also my own "Nabokov and Beardsley", available at http://www.nabokovmuseum.org/PDF/Blackwell.pdf -SB]

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Subject:	Re: [NABOKV-L] The most transgressive book ever published ("souffler" in Lolita)
Date:	Fri, 16 Jun 2006 23:04:32 +0200
From:	learmont <tom@discobolus.co.za>
Organization:	DISCOBOLUS
To:	Vladimir Nabokov Forum <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
References:	<4492C5FE02000012002CA063@dudley.holycross.edu>

Dear Editors and List,

I agree with RL and DN on this one. But we're discussing HH, NOT his creator VN.
And if HH prefers to say "souffler", isn't that part of his francophone snobisme?

Regards,

Tom (Rymour)

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