Nabokov's "Good Readers and Good Writers" Authority

As a writer, Vladimir Nabokov has a lot of authority on what he writes, including his essay called "Good Readers and Good Writers." He can choose what person to write in and he chose first, second, and third person. Choosing what questions he asks and what he writes is also a major authority the writer has. Nabokov asked the readers a lot of questions mainly dealing with different literature. In one question he is talking about Jane Austen's picture of England. "Can we rely on Jane Austen's picture of landowning England with baronets and landscaped grounds when all she knew was a clergyman's parlor?" He chose to ask that question because he felt it would add to his essay. On the second page of the essay, Nabokov states, "A good reader, a major reader, an active and creative reader is a rereader." This means that when people first read the book, they pay attention to just understanding and finishing the book, not the little details. After you read it the second time, you can focus on the creative little things the author put in the book. Being an avid reader, it allowed Nabokov to use a variety of different words to make the essay more interesting.

Nabokov, Vladimir. "Good Readers and Good Writers." Lecture