Article:
Nabokov's nomadic humor: Lolita.
(Vladimir Nabokov )(Critical essay)
Article from:College Literature | Article date:September 22, 2011
In spite of the political pressures and continual displacement that radically shaped the
course of his life (or, perhaps, because of them), Vladimir Nabokov was an individual for
whom humor was a daily necessity. He also developed a reputation for being a quick wit.
Alfred Appel records an encounter involving Nabokov's humor that occurred during a 1970
conversation about whether Vietnam demonstrations were affecting Appel's classes at
Northwestern:
"My classroom pro