SexViolHist Bib: Representations: Literary Texts: Vladimir Nabokov

»Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (Russian: Владимир Владимирович Набоков [vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr vlɐˈdʲimʲɪrəvʲɪtɕ nɐˈbokəf] ⓘ; 22 April [O.S. 10 April] 1899[a] – 2 July 1977), also known by the pen name Vladimir Sirin (Владимир Сирин), was an expatriate Russian and Russian-American novelist, poet, translator, and entomologist. Born in Imperial Russia in 1899, Nabokov wrote his first nine novels in Russian (1926–1938) while living in Berlin, where he met his wife. He achieved international acclaim and prominence after moving to the United States, where he began writing in English. Nabokov became an American citizen in 1945 and lived mostly on the East Coast before returning to Europe in 1961, where he settled in Montreux, Switzerland.« -- More information: Wikipedia

Lolita (Novel, published 1955)

I n f o r m a t i o n

»Lolita is a 1955 novel written by Russian-American novelist Vladimir Nabokov that addresses the controversial subject of hebephilia. The protagonist is a French literature professor who moves to New England and writes under the pseudonym Humbert Humbert. He describes his obsession with a 12-year-old "nymphet", Dolores Haze, whom he kidnaps and sexually abuses after becoming her stepfather. Privately, he calls her "Lolita", the Spanish nickname for Dolores. The novel was originally written in English, but fear of censorship in the U.S. (where Nabokov lived) and Britain led to it being first published in Paris, France, in 1955 by Olympia Press.« -- More information: Wikipedia

K e y w o r d s

I. Chronological Index: Modern History: 20^th Century | II. Geographical Index: American History: U.S. History | III. Topical Index: Cases: Fictional Offenders: Humbert Humbert; Fictional Victims: Dolores Haze; Types: Victims: Child Sexual Abuse; Representations: Films: Lolita

B i b l i o g r a p h y

I. Author Index

[Info] Bołoz, Izabela. Prowokacyjne obrazy kobiet w twórczości Vladimira Nabokova: Analiza obrazów kobiet w powieściach Vladimira Nabokova Lolita i Ada albo Żar: Kronika rodzinna. Licenciate Work, Jagiellonian University, 2020.

[Info] Brevis, Chad. Taboo Topics in Fiction: The Case of Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita.« M.Ed. Thesis, University of Western Cape, 2014.

[Info] Centerwall, Brandon S. »Hiding in Plain Sight: Nabokov and Pedophilia.« Texas Studies in Literature and Language 32 (1990): 468-484.

[Info] Geçgen, Demel. The Hidden Message: A Study of Pedophilia in Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita from Freudian Psychoanalytic Perspective. Master Thesis, Karabük University, 2021.

[Info] Gullette, Margaret M. »The Exile of Adulthood: Pedophilia in the Midlife Novel.« Novel 17 (1984): 215-232.

[Info] Kaczmarek, Ludger. »Lolita - Vorlage, Bearbeitungen, Motivkomplex.« Medienwissenschaft / Hamburg No. 63 (2006).

[Info] Kiper, Hanna. Sexueller Mißbrauch im Diskurs: Eine Reflexion literarischer und pädagogischer Traditionen. Weinheim 1994.

[Info] Mianani, Sindhy S. »Lana Del Rey’s “Off to the Races” and Its Allusions to Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita.« Journal of Language and Literature 19 (2019): 1-8.

[Info] O’Malley, G. Jeffrey. »‘Prowled Rather than Passed’: Abuse and Veiled Social Mobility in Nabokov’s and Kubrick’s Lolita.« Literature/Film Quarterly 50(4) (2022).

[Info] Rivas, Márcia G., et al. »A Constituição Psíquica Pedofílica na Obra Lolita.« Id on Line No. 54 (2021): 1-18.

[Info] Schroot, Lisa M. A Culture of Rape: In Twentieth Century American Literature and Beyond. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Kentucky, 2016.

[Info] Srivats, Priya S. From Dolores Haze to Dakota Fanning: How Nabokov's Little Girl Went from Being a Victim of Sexual Assault to a Fashion Icon. B.A. Thesis, Women's College Claremont, 2013.

[Info] Whiting, Frederick. »"The strange particularity of the lover’s preference". Pedophilia, pornography, and the anatomy of monstrosity in Lolita.« American literature 70 (1998): 833-862.

[Info] Williams, Lucia C.A. »Still intrigued with Lolita: Nabokov's visionary work on child sexual abuse.« Lolita. Edited by Rachel Stauffer. Amenia 2016.

[Info] Zangen, Britta. »Nabokovs Lolita im Zeitalter sexualisierter Gewalt gegen Kinder: Gedanken zum Thema Zensur.« FrauenKulturStudien: Weiblichkeitsdiskurse in Literatur, Philosophie und Sprache. Edited by Astrid Böger et al. Tübingen 2000: 277-292.

II. Speaker Index