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Nabokov at Cornell
Nabokov as TeacherWhile at Cornell, Nabokov taught Literature 311-312, Masters of European Literature, and Literature 325-326, Russian Literature in Translation. By the time he resigned in 1959, enrollment in Literature 311-12 had doubled to 400 from the time he began teaching it. The course was dubbed "dirty lit" on campus, due to its coverage of such novels as Anna Karenina and Madame Bovary.
Cornell University, College of Arts and Sciences. Announcement for 1953-54 Sessions. [Ithaca, NY, 1953]. [view]
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