REmediaL STUDIES, Episode 6: Vladimir Nabokov's "Lolita"

Remedial Studies

Jan 09 2018 | 00:53:24

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Show Notes

For our first episode of the year, we take a big ol' swing at a modern classic. As we always say, there are always wrong answers in literary study, and we're here to call 'em out, one _Vanity Fair_ quote at a time. Talking Points: The exception to our Authorial Intent Is Boring rule, brain blossoming, wrapping ugliness in beauty, interpretation as a reflection of the reader, the effect of unreliable narrators, a (very) brief history of aestheticism, and, hey, maybe we should chill out on sexualizing pre-teens.

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