Lolita Essays & Research Papers

The Disgusting Brilliance of Nabokov's Lolita

3 Pages 1580 Words

Every now and again it’s probably healthy to crack open the glass, remove a certain world masterpiece from the display case, and in re-reading it recall that—unlike Ulysses and Lady Chatterley’s Lover, two other novels once deemed obscene by the tribunes of moral upkeep— Lolita is a disgusting book. Furthermore, the day will never come when it is not a...

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Psychoanalytical Analysis of Lolita by Nabokov

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Released in 1958, in America, ”Lolita has been read by millions and written about by thousands”, as Durantaye said. Many have regarded Lolita as a dangerous piece of fiction, and they have debated its ethical perspective. In my opinion, this novel stands between beauty and repulsion, between reality and disease. These contrasts create a flowing balance. We are presented a...

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Oppression of Women in Reading Lolita in Tehran

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This research paper deals with the oppression of women at the hands of state government which uses religious ideologies as a tool to exercise its control and authority. The main focus is to analyze the exploitation of religious practices, particularly veil, for political ends that are shown in Reading Lolita in Tehran. Nafisi has delved on the role of women...

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Nabokov's Humbert Humbert and Dolores Haze in Lolita: Critical Analysis

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The relationship between Nabokov’s 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 Nabokov’s previous works, such as Lilith (1938) contributed to the development of a...

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Heller's ‘Notes on a Scandal’ and Nabokov's ‘Lolita’: Comparative Analysis

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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 evident, thus rendering Dolores vulnerable...

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Lolita essays

The Disgusting Brilliance of Nabokov's Lolita

Psychoanalytical Analysis of Lolita by Nabokov

Oppression of Women in Reading Lolita in Tehran

Nabokov's Humbert Humbert and Dolores Haze in Lolita: Critical Analysis

Heller's ‘Notes on a Scandal’ and Nabokov's ‘Lolita’: Comparative Analysis

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