A reader's guide to Nabokov's "Lolita" / Julian W. Connolly.

By:

Connolly, Julian W [author]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Studies in Russian and Slavic literatures, cultures and historyPublisher: Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2009Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 185 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781618110060
1618110063
1306430887
9781306430883
9781618117052
161811705X

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:

440/.045 22

LOC classification:

PS3527.A15 L6325 2009eb

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EBSCOhost

Contents:

The creation of Lolita -- The precursors of Lolita -- Approaching Lolita -- Who was Dolly Haze? -- Humbert's memoir, Nabokov's novel: a reader's analysis -- Lolita's afterlife: critical and cultural responses.

Summary: "Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita is one of the most fascinating and controversial novels of the twentieth century. This book seeks to guide readers through the intricacies of Nabokov's work and to help them achieve a better understanding of his rich artistic design. Chapters include an analysis of the novel, a discussion of its precursors in Nabokov's work and in world literature, an essay on the character of Dolly Haze (Humbert's "Lolita"). and a commentary on the critical and cultural afterlife of the novel. The volume concludes with an annotated bibliography of selected critical reading. The guide should prove illuminating both for first-time readers of Lolita and for experienced re-readers of Nabokov's text."--Jacket.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-182) and index.

"Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita is one of the most fascinating and controversial novels of the twentieth century. This book seeks to guide readers through the intricacies of Nabokov's work and to help them achieve a better understanding of his rich artistic design. Chapters include an analysis of the novel, a discussion of its precursors in Nabokov's work and in world literature, an essay on the character of Dolly Haze (Humbert's "Lolita"). and a commentary on the critical and cultural afterlife of the novel. The volume concludes with an annotated bibliography of selected critical reading. The guide should prove illuminating both for first-time readers of Lolita and for experienced re-readers of Nabokov's text."--Jacket.