This made me think of Mississippi Gene too and as the river poured down from mid America by starlight I knew, I knew like mad, that everything I had ever known and would ever know was One.

这又使我想起密西西比的吉恩,以及河流从美国中部倾斜而下的景象，我知道是很疯狂地，很疯狂地同样也有，我发现所有我知道或未知的事都是一体。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

In Lolita the vision of America is minute; it's detailed; it's concrete.

洛丽塔》中美国的景象是微小细腻，然后有混凝土的感觉。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

And what does it mean to be an American in this novel? So, that's the question I'd like to take up today first. Coming from Lolita, the vision of America in On the Road looks quite different.

这对于小说里你是一个美国人又意味着什么？,这是我今天想让你们思考的第一个问题，《洛丽塔》里，描写的美国景象非常不同于《在路上》之中的景象。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选