A Reader's Guide to Nabokov's 'Lolita'

ISBN-13: 9781934843666 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 208 str.

Julian W. Connolly

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Vladimir Nabokovs "Lolita" is one of the most fascinatingand controversial novels of the twentieth century. This book seeksto guide readers through the intricacies of Nabokovs work andto help them achieve a better understanding of his rich artisticdesign. Chapters include an analysis of the novel, a discussion of itsprecursors in Nabokovs work and in world literature, an essay on thecharacter of Dolly Haze (Humberts "Lolita"), and a commentary onthe critical and cultural afterlife of the novel. The volume concludeswith an annotated bibliography of selected critical reading. Theguide should prove illuminating both for first-time readers of "Lolita"and for experienced re-readers of Nabokovs text.JULIAN W. CONNOLLY (Ph.D. Harvard, 1977) is Professor of Slavic Languages andLiteratures at the University of Virginia. He is the author of "Nabokovs Early Fiction: Patterns of Self and Other" (1992) and editor of "Nabokov and His Fiction: New Perspectives" (1999) and The Cambridge Companion to Nabokov (2005). He has published over sixty articles on Russian literature.