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Subject:	Re: [NABOKV-L] QUERY: Teaching Lolita
Date:	Thu, 17 May 2007 11:01:57 -0700
From:	Don Stanley <dstanley@TRU.CA>
To:	NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU

hi

I teach it too, and I don't think early plot notice is a problem.

Maybe there is some comfort in Laughter in the Dark. The audacious
first paragraph begins "Once upon a time" and concludes "his life
ended in disaster."

I'm guessing the annotated Hamlet, if there is such a thing, doesn't
try to hide the fact from the beginning that Denmark can be a drag.

Also I suppose one could ask the students to read it the first time
without the notes. Of course the danger there is pretty apparent :)

All the best, don stanley

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