Keys to Lolita

by Proffer, Carl R.

$40 · Offered by Biblio

First edition · In dust jacket

Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1968. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Minor edge and corner wear; no dj; lightly scuffed and scratched; corners are lightly bumped and rubbed; some light shelf wear; ex-library with the usual library markings; overall a nice used copy! Black boards quarterbound by red with gilt lettering on the spine and a gilt illustration on the front board. 160 historical and informative pages! "This is not an "interpretation" of Lolita. Except in a purely incidental way I have not concerned myself with the character of the hero or the heroine, the meaning or morality of the novel, believing that anyone who has read the book carefully will understand these generalities, and that, in any case, after Nabokov's own lucid narrative any paraphrase would be more reprehensible than raping Mabel Glave. What I offer are keys to some of the technical puzzles - isolation, labeling, and commentary on the literary allusions, an inventory of the clues and dedication leading to Quilty's identity, and a listing of some characteristic stylistic devices...." ---- from the Foreword.

• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Year: 1968
• Edition: First Edition
• Printing: later
• Binding: hardcover

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