Ellison’s “Invisible Man” and Nabokov’s “Lolita” both challenged basic 1950s assumptions. The former changed public perceptions on what it meant to be black while the latter violated a tacit agreement not to go digging under neatly manicured lawns bordered by white picket fences.
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Invisible Man & Lolita Changed the ’50s
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Arguing against Lit for Lit’s Sake
Nabokov’s aestheticism in the 1960s tried to separate literature from history.
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