Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0002823, Mon, 9 Feb 1998 15:21:38 -0800

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Re: Names in Lolita -Reply (fwd)
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From: Susan Sweeney <sweeney@HOLYCROSS.EDU>


Years ago someone presented a paper at AATSEEL, at a session I
chaired, which argued that Lolita's "real" name was "Blaze," based on
various alliterative evidence. I don't think that it was ever published. If
anyone is interested, I'll look for the author's name in my files.



Susan Elizabeth Sweeney
Associate Professor of English
Holy Cross College
Worcester, MA 01610

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