Nabokov's eros and the poetics of desire /
Couturier, Maurice,1939-author.
Lodge, David,1935-writer of added text.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-250) and index.
Introduction -- Part I: Eros' age-old tricks -- The tribulations of Adonis -- Eve's dupes -- Part II: Sterile perversions -- A mere animal need: King, Queen, Knave -- No need -- Cruelty is bliss -- Part III: Creative perversions -- In a glass darkly: Pale fire -- Nymph-hunting -- Recreating the androgyn: Ada -- Epilogue: Eros' denials.
Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977
Erotic literature