Aestheticism, Nabokov, and Lolita (Studies in American Literature)
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Author(s)David Andrews
PublisherEdwin Mellen Pr
ISBN / ASIN0773479600
ISBN-139780773479609
Sales Rank6,622,695
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
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This work offers a revaluation of aestheticism as a literary and historical idea. It re-examines Nabokov in the light of his aestheticism, portraying him as an aesthete and a humanist. It also offers a revisionary reading of Lolita, focusing on aestheticism.