Nabokov's Eros and the Poetics of Desire [electronic resource] /
Couturier, M.author.
Lodge, David,1935-writer of added text.
Nabokov gained international fame with Lolita, a highly erotic and morally disturbing novel. Through its comprehensive study of the amorous and sexual behaviors 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.
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Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: Eros' Age-Old Tricks; 1 The Tribulations of Adonis; 1 An abortive replay: Mary; 2 Love and loss: Speak, Memory; 3 Love''s labors'' lost: Glory; 4 Eros, the joker: The Gift; 2 Eve''s Dupes; 1 A lethal dream: Transparent Things; 2 Eve''s many faces: Look at the Harlequins!; 3 Loving death: The Original of Laura; Part II: Sterile Perversions; 3 A Mere Animal Need: King, Queen, Knave; Act I: A matter of mouths; Act II: Blind Eros; Act III: Eros is a clown; Act IV: killing a dog; Act V: The narrator-author at the zoo; 4 No Need
1 Art without sublimation: ""Bachmann""2 A case of hysteria: ""A Russian Beauty""; 3 The heartless maestro: The Defense; 5 Cruelty is Bliss; 1 The perverse couple: Laughter in the Dark; 2 A verbal torture: Invitation to a Beheading; 3 Bending a loving soul: Bend Sinister; Part III: Creative Perversions; 6 In a Glass Darkly: Pale Fire; 1 For better or worse; 2 The false azure; 3 In a distorted mirror; 7 Nymph-Hunting; Lolita''s precursors; Lolita; 8 Recreating the Androgyn: Ada; 1 A family affair; 2 The game of seduction; 3 The burning barn scene; 4 The free world of love; 5 Enter the others
6 The ordeal of timeEpilogue: Eros'' Denials; 1 John Ray''s spurious disclaimers; 2 ""On a book entitled Lolita""; 3 The authorial figure; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nabokov gained international fame with Lolita, a highly erotic and morally disturbing novel. Through its comprehensive study of the amorous and sexual behaviors 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, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977
European literature.
Literature, Modern-20th century.
Fiction.
Literature-Philosophy.
Poetry.
European Literature.
Twentieth-Century Literature.
Fiction.
Literary Theory.
Poetry and Poetics.