Literature insights. "Lolita" / Vladimir Nabokov :
Literature insights. "Lolita" / Vladimir Nabokov :
Lolita
John Lennard.
- Penrith : Humanities-Ebooks, 2008.
- 1 online resource (101 pages)
- Literature insights .
- Literature insights. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 91-98).
pt. 1. Vladimir Nabokov, 1899-1977 -- Russia, 1899-1919 -- England, Germany and France, 1919-40 -- The United States, 1940-59 -- France and Switzerland, 1959-77. pt. 2. Lolita : an overview -- Editions -- A chronology -- The cast -- The major intertexts (Poe, Mérimée, the doppelgänger) -- The two movies (1962, 1997). pt. 3. The abuses of language and girls : Lolita as pornography -- pt. 4. The precisions of science : Lolita as lepidoptery -- pt. 5. The fall of light and shadow : Lolita as film noir -- pt. 6. Crafted misdirection : Lolita as parody.
An illuminating study of Vladimir Nabokov's controversial novel with special attention to its film versions. From its first publication in 1955 Nabokov's Lolita has been denounced as immoral filth, hailed as a moral masterpiece, and both praised and damne.
1847600972 (ebk.) 9781847600974 (ebk.) 1282040561 9781282040564
204056 MIL
Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977. Lolita.
Lolita (Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich)
LITERARY CRITICISM--American--General.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
PS3527.A15 / L46 2008eb
813.54
Includes bibliographical references (pages 91-98).
pt. 1. Vladimir Nabokov, 1899-1977 -- Russia, 1899-1919 -- England, Germany and France, 1919-40 -- The United States, 1940-59 -- France and Switzerland, 1959-77. pt. 2. Lolita : an overview -- Editions -- A chronology -- The cast -- The major intertexts (Poe, Mérimée, the doppelgänger) -- The two movies (1962, 1997). pt. 3. The abuses of language and girls : Lolita as pornography -- pt. 4. The precisions of science : Lolita as lepidoptery -- pt. 5. The fall of light and shadow : Lolita as film noir -- pt. 6. Crafted misdirection : Lolita as parody.
An illuminating study of Vladimir Nabokov's controversial novel with special attention to its film versions. From its first publication in 1955 Nabokov's Lolita has been denounced as immoral filth, hailed as a moral masterpiece, and both praised and damne.
1847600972 (ebk.) 9781847600974 (ebk.) 1282040561 9781282040564
204056 MIL
Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977. Lolita.
Lolita (Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich)
LITERARY CRITICISM--American--General.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
PS3527.A15 / L46 2008eb
813.54