num_pages: 287
description: In this Readers' Guide, Christine Clegg examines the critical history of Lolita through a broad range of interpretations. Although early criticism of the text polarized around 'that' question - is it literature or pornography? - the influence of American critics such as Lionel Trilling quickly secured canonical status for the novel. A compelling aspect of Lolita criticism is the way in which that question continues to return in different forms. In the 1980s and 1990s, Lolita has been the subject of diverse critical attention, beyond 'Nabokov Studies': from Richard Rorty's philosophical inquiry into the ethics of cruelty, to Rachel Bowlby's feminist analysis of the rhetoric of consumer culture in the novel. All of the main critical approaches to the novel are covered by this indispensable sourcebook.
language: English
title: Lolita
titlecomplete: Lolita
characters: Charlotte Haze, Humbert Humbert, Clare Quilty, Dolores “Lolita” Haze
genres: Classics, Adult, Russia, Novels, Russian Literature, Romance, 20th Century, Literature, Literary Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 818487
places: The United States of America
awards: awardedAt: -347126400000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Premios Fervenzas Literarias
category: Traducción 
publisher: Berkley