Literature insights. Vladimir Nabokov : "Lolita" / John Lennard.

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TextSeries: Literature insightsPublication details: Penrith : Humanities-Ebooks, 2008.Description: 1 online resource (101 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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1847600972
9781847600974
1282040561
9781282040564

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Lolita [Portion of title]

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813.54 22

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PS3527.A15 L46 2008eb

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Contents:

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.

Summary: 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.

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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).

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.

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