I don’t believe VN would’ve spoken without his note cards. See for example this discussion of Lolita with Lionel Trilling and note the note cards that VN uses:
“Throughout my academic ascent in America from lean lecturer to Full Professor, I have never delivered to my audience one scrap of information not prepared in typescript beforehand and not held under my eyes on the bright-lit lectern."
I don’t believe VN would’ve spoken without his note cards. See for example this discussion of Lolita with Lionel Trilling and note the note cards that VN uses:
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“Throughout my academic ascent in America from lean lecturer to Full Professor, I have never delivered to my audience one scrap of information not prepared in typescript beforehand and not held under my eyes on the bright-lit lectern."
Vladimir Nabokov Talks About Life, Literature & Love in a Meticulously Prepared Interview, 1969.
Thank you Dave that is really quite interesting!
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