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Nabokov's Eros and the poetics of desire /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Nabokov's Eros and the poetics of desire // Maurice Couturier.
Author:	Couturier, Maurice,
Description:	1 online resource.
Subject:	Sex in literature. -
Online resource:	An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information
ISBN:	1137404590 (electronic bk.)

Nabokov's Eros and the poetics of desire /
Couturier, Maurice,1939-

Nabokov's Eros and the poetics of desire /Maurice Couturier. - 1 online resource.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

PART I: EROS' AGE-OLD TRICKS -- 1. The Tribulations of Adonis -- 2. Eve's Dupes -- PART II: STERILE PERVERSIONS -- 3. A Mere Animal Need: King, Queen Knave -- 4. No Need -- 5. Cruelty is Bliss -- PART III: CREATIVE PERVERSIONS -- 6. In a Glass Darkly: Pale Fire -- 7. Nymph-Hunting -- 8. Recreating the Androgyn: "Ada" -- Epilogue: Eros' Denials.

Nabokov gained international fame with "Lolita", a highly erotic and morally disturbing novel. Yet, he said in an interview: 'Let us skip sex!' a recommendation that most of his best exegetes followed all too readily. Through its comprehensive study of the amorous and sexual behaviours 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 presented a whole spectrum of sexual behaviours ranging from standard to perverse, either sterile like bestiality, sexual lethargy or sadism, or poetically creative, like homosexuality, nympholeptcy and incest. He made countless statements about "Lolita" and his other novels to deny that he was interested in sex; the epilogue shows him battling with censorship and self-censorship, a strategy which indirectly contributes to outlining his authorial figure in the reader's mind.

ISBN: 1137404590 (electronic bk.)

Source: 753065Palgrave Macmillanhttp://www.palgraveconnect.com

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 016747586UkSubjects--Personal Names:

869879
Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich,
1899-1977--Criticism and interpretation.Subjects--Topical Terms:

570316
Sex in literature.
Index Terms--Genre/Form:

993252
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

LC Class. No.: PS3527.A15

Dewey Class. No.: 813/.54

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