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Nabokov's Eros and the Poetics of Desire
Maurice Couturier
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Description for Nabokov's Eros and the Poetics of Desire
Hardcover. 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. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 224 x 136 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
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 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.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Number of Pages
253
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137404589
SKU
V9781137404589
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Ref
99-15
About Maurice Couturier
Maurice Couturier is Emeritus Professor at the University of Nice, France. He is the editor of Nabokov's novels in the Pléiade edition, and the translator of many of his and David Lodge's novels. He has undertaken a new career as a novelist.
Reviews for Nabokov's Eros and the Poetics of Desire
'The book escorts us through [Nabakov's] novels and stories with a mixture of quotation and summary. . . the result is both enjoyable and revelatory - an exhilarating, speeded-up journey through Nabakov's oeuvre' - The Guardian