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Re: Lolita. A Question (fwd)
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*** As to #1, I got at least one response confirming my own
suspicion that it may have been Salinger's CATCHER IN THE RYE.
The exhibit of covers, that Sylvia suggests, is a great idea. In
many cases, they are not just illustrations, they are interpretations. As
in the case of the LOLITA cover which I tried to describe. He is standing
on the flowers which grow out of her hair, so he _is_ "deflowering" her in
a sense. Yet it is H.H. who looks like a victim because he is so tiny and
sad, while Lolita has a lusty smirk on her puffy lips and appears quite
happy. GD ***
From: ValSyl@aol.com
I can't answer the question, but mentioning the LOLITA cover reminds me that
I recently ran into an old paperback edition of "Nabokov's Dozen." This
cover featured three female heads, blonde, brunette, and redhead, with
piled-up hairstyles and smirky, sinister expressions. Perhaps surprisingly,
all of them looked to be over 18.
I'd love to see all these covers lined up together someplace -- like at a
conference? Could be quite a sideshow. Vote for your favorite, etc.
Sylvia
Sylvia Weiser Wendel
suspicion that it may have been Salinger's CATCHER IN THE RYE.
The exhibit of covers, that Sylvia suggests, is a great idea. In
many cases, they are not just illustrations, they are interpretations. As
in the case of the LOLITA cover which I tried to describe. He is standing
on the flowers which grow out of her hair, so he _is_ "deflowering" her in
a sense. Yet it is H.H. who looks like a victim because he is so tiny and
sad, while Lolita has a lusty smirk on her puffy lips and appears quite
happy. GD ***
From: ValSyl@aol.com
I can't answer the question, but mentioning the LOLITA cover reminds me that
I recently ran into an old paperback edition of "Nabokov's Dozen." This
cover featured three female heads, blonde, brunette, and redhead, with
piled-up hairstyles and smirky, sinister expressions. Perhaps surprisingly,
all of them looked to be over 18.
I'd love to see all these covers lined up together someplace -- like at a
conference? Could be quite a sideshow. Vote for your favorite, etc.
Sylvia
Sylvia Weiser Wendel