Category: Lolita
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The Disgusting Brilliance of Nabokov’s Lolita
Every now and again its probably healthy to crack open the glass, remove a certain world masterpiece from the display case, and in re-reading it recall thatunlike Ulysses and Lady Chatterleys Lover, two other novels once deemed obscene by the tribunes of moral upkeep Lolita is a disgusting book. Furthermore, the day will never come…
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Heller’s Notes on a Scandal and Nabokov’s Lolita: Comparative Analysis
Iinherent sexuality, what is most evident is the manner in which Lolita has been forced to prematurely age sexually. In a character who describes all caresses except kisses on the mouth or the stark act of love either romantic slosh or abnormal, a distinct lack of healthy understanding for the stark act of sex is…
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Relationship between Nabokovs Humbert Humbert and Dolores Haze in Lolita: Critical Analysis
The relationship between Nabokovs Humbert Humbert (H.H) and Dolores Haze (Lolita) has provoked nothing short of critical outcry due to its taboo and ethically questionable nature. Although Nabokov advised readers to avoid searching for connections between his works and his personal life, the nymphic fixations experienced in Nabokovs previous works, such as Lilith (1938) contributed…