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The character Lolita's power now exists almost separately from the endlessly inventive novel. If only it were read as often as it is alluded to. Alfred Appel Jr., editor of the annotated edition, has appended some 900 notes, an exhaustive, good-humored introduction, and a recent preface in which he admits that the "reader familiar with Lolita can approach the apparatus as a separate unit, but the perspicacious student who keeps turning back and forth from text to Notes risks vertigo." No matter. The notes range from translations to the anatomical to the complex textual. Appel is also happy to point out the Great Punster's supposedly unintended word play: he defends the phrase "Beaver Eaters" as "a portmanteau of 'Beefeaters' (the yeoman of the British royal guard) and their beaver hats."
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. When Lolita was first published in 1955 it created a sensation and established Nabokov as one of the most original prose writers of the twentieth century.This annotated edition, a revised and considerably expanded version of the 1970 edition, does full justice to the textual riches of Lolita, illuminating the elaborate verbal textures and showing how they contribute to the novel's overall meaning. Alfred Appel, Jr. also provides fresh observations on the novel's artifice, games and verbal patternings and a delightful biographical vignette of Nabokov. The annotations themselves were prepared in consultation with Nabokov while newly identified allusions were confirmed by him during the final years of his life. An annotated edition of "Lolita". It attempts to elaborate on the verbal textures and show how they contribute to the novel's overall meaning. It also provides observations on the novel's artifice, games and verbal patternings. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780141185040
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Book Description Condition: New. An annotated edition of "Lolita". It attempts to elaborate on the verbal textures and show how they contribute to the novel's overall meaning. It also provides observations on the novel's artifice, games and verbal patternings. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 544 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 376. 2000. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Seller Inventory # 9780141185040
Book Description Condition: New. An annotated edition of "Lolita". It attempts to elaborate on the verbal textures and show how they contribute to the novel's overall meaning. It also provides observations on the novel's artifice, games and verbal patternings. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 544 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 376. 2000. paperback. . . . . Seller Inventory # 9780141185040
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