I continue to wonder if Nabokov's lecture notes still exist, for books other than the ones published in *Lectures on Literature*, *Lectures on Russian
Literature*, and *Lectures on Don Quixote*? Together those three books contain about 15 lectures, but in one interview (reprinted in *Strong
Opinions*) VN said he wrote 200 lectures:

"In 1940, before launching on my academic career in America, I fortunately took the trouble of writing one hundred lectures--about 2,000 pages--on
Russian literature, and later another hundred lectures on great novelists from Jane Austen to James Joyce. This kept me happy at Wellesley and
Cornell for twenty academic years."

Either 1) VN wildly exaggerated the number of lectures he wrote, by misremembering or fibbing (both seem to me unlikely); or 2) the lectures were lost or destroyed (in which case I'd be curious to know what percentage of his work is believed lost)

Does anyone on the list know if VN's surviving papers make mention of these lectures or how many there were? I'd love to read the remaining 185 or so lectures he wrote, or at least to
know what the books were, since he seems to have lectured primarily on what he considered masterpieces or near-masterpieces.

Many thanks for any help,

Brian Tomba


2014-08-22 13:40 GMT-04:00 Jansy Mello <jansy.mello@outlook.com>:

http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/ilustrada/2014/08/1497711-critica-nabokov-esquadrinha-obra-de-russos-em-livro-cativante.shtml

 

Crítica: Nabokov esquadrinha obra de russos em livro cativante
IRINEU FRANCO PERPETUO, COLABORAÇÃO PARA A FOLHA, 09/08/2014 02h32

O autor de um dos mais relevantes romances do século 20 foi também um agudo divulgador e estudioso da cultura de seu país.
O livro "Lições de Literatura Russa", da Três Estrelas, selo editorial do Grupo Folha, sintetiza parte das atividades letivas do escritor Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977) nos Estados Unidos, antes da consagração de "Lolita"[  ].Irônico, polêmico e apaixonado pela literatura, o autor de "Lolita" é tão incapaz de ser humilde e imparcial quanto de ser superficial ou desinteressante. Entre achados iluminadores e diatribes certeiras, sua leitura é um prazer —mesmo quando se discorda dele.”

LIÇÕES DE LITERATURA RUSSA
AUTOR Vladimir Nabokov
TRADUÇÃO Jorio Dauster
EDITORA Três Estrelas
QUANTO R$ 65 (400 págs.)
AVALIAÇÃO ótimo

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