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1 online resource |
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PART I: EROS' AGE-OLD TRICKS -- 1. The Tribulations of Adonis -- 2. Eve's Dupes -- PART II: STERILE PERVERSIONS -- 3. A Mere Animal Need: King, Queen Knave -- 4. No Need -- 5. Cruelty is Bliss -- PART III: CREATIVE PERVERSIONS -- 6. In a Glass Darkly: Pale Fire -- 7. Nymph-Hunting -- 8. Recreating the Androgyn: "Ada" -- Epilogue: Eros' Denials |
| Summary |
Nabokov gained international fame with "Lolita", a highly erotic and morally disturbing novel. Yet, he said in an interview: 'Let us skip sex!' a recommendation that most of his best exegetes followed all too readily. Through its comprehensive study of the amorous and sexual behaviours of Nabokov's characters this book shows how Eros, both as a clown or a pervert, contributes to the poetic excellence of his novels and accounts for the unfolding of the plots. Nabokov presented a whole spectrum of sexual behaviours ranging from standard to perverse, either sterile like bestiality, sexual lethargy or sadism, or poetically creative, like homosexuality, nympholeptcy and incest. He made countless statements about "Lolita" and his other novels to deny that he was interested in sex; the epilogue shows him battling with censorship and self-censorship, a strategy which indirectly contributes to outlining his authorial figure in the reader's mind |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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| Subject |
Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977 -- Criticism and interpretation
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| SUBJECT |
Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977 fast |
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Sex in literature.
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Literary studies: from c 1900 -- English -- USA.
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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers -- English -- USA.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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Sex in literature
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Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 -- United States of America, USA -- English -- 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999.
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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers -- United States of America, USA -- English -- 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999.
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Literature.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781137404596 |
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1137404590 |
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