Vladimir Nabokov: The American Years

CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
PART I: AMERICA PROFESSOR NABOKOV
	1 Refuge: New York and Stanford, 1940–1941
	2 Visiting Lecturer: Wellesley and Cambridge, 1941–1942
	3 Scientist, Writer, Teacher: Cambridge and Wellesley, 1943–1944
	4 Permanent Impermanence: Cambridge and Wellesley, 1944–1946
	5 Bend Sinister
	6 Teaching Literature at Last: Cambridge and Wellesley, 1946–1948
	7 Russian Professor: Cornell, 1948–1950
	8 Conclusive Evidence/Speak, Memory
	9 Teaching European Fiction: Cornell, 1950–1951
	10 Finding Time for Lolita: Cornell and Harvard, 1951–1953
	11 Lolita
	12 Lolita into Print, Pnin onto Paper: Cornell, 1953–1955
	13 Pnin
	14 Lolita Sparks: Cornell, 1955–1957
	15 Eugene Onegin
	16 Lolita Explodes: Cornell and After, 1957–1959
PART II: EUROPE VN
	17 Chased by Fame: Europe, America, Europe, 1959–1961
	18 Pale Fire
	19 Mask and Man: Montreux, 1961–1964
	20 Ada Stirs: Montreux, 1964–1966
	21 Flying High: Montreux, 1966–1968
	22 Ada
	23 Tidying Up: Montreux, 1968–1972
	24 Transparent Things
	25 Reinventing a Life: Montreux, 1972–1974
	26 Look at the Harlequins!
	27 Unanswered Questions: Montreux, 1974–1977
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ABBREVIATIONS
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX