Lolita Turns 50

Vladamir Nabokav's novel Lolita was published fifty years ago today. Here are some articles in Slate and Alternet that discuss how controversial the novel was, and still is. Salon also has a feature but you have to register to view it.

Slate:
http://www.slate.com/id/2132708/

Alternet:
http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/25752/

CNN's special on Nabokov:
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/books/1999/nabokov/

This BBC site has four streaming audio recordings of Nabokov being interviewed:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/audiointerviews/profilepages/nabokovv1.shtml

After reading the book, this website might be useful for gleaning new perspectives on the text:
http://www.vestige.org/nabokov/lolita/about.html