Vladimir Nabokov: Lolita
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Black, American, Books & Reading
| Author: | John Lennard | ISBN: | 9781847602213 |
| Publisher: | Humanities-Ebooks | Publication: | October 21, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Humanities-Ebooks | Language: | English |
| Author: | John Lennard |
| ISBN: | 9781847602213 |
| Publisher: | Humanities-Ebooks |
| Publication: | October 21, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Humanities-Ebooks |
| Language: | English |
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 damned for stylistic excess. In this fresh appraisal John Lennard provides convenient overviews of Nabokov's life and of the novel (including both Kubrick's and Lyne's film-adaptations), before considering Lolita as pornography, as lepidoptery, as film noir, and 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 damned for stylistic excess. In this fresh appraisal John Lennard provides convenient overviews of Nabokov's life and of the novel (including both Kubrick's and Lyne's film-adaptations), before considering Lolita as pornography, as lepidoptery, as film noir, and as parody.
