Peder
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And now SIL, for you, and everyone,
You asked about good parts of Pifer's Casebook,
My first cup of coffee this morning was dedicated to answering that question, and here are the results for the first chapter, "The Art of Illusion in Nabokov's Lolita," by NomiTamir-Gehz.
The chapter breaks down into eight sections, even though the author does not number them or explicitly indicate section breaks.
As for the good parts, you must read Section 8 if you read nothing else! (All sections are described below) I think you will see a remarkable smilarity to points discussed here in the forum but, most of all, you will see Tamir-Gehz's answer to how VN intended us to view Humbert -- a question that you recall generated some fair amount of debate here. Section 8 is p 34 "In spite f the fact...." to the end, on page 35.
As to how VN accomplished that result, the short form answer is in a very short Section 4 (p21, "The organization of the text...." through p22 "they are all used to convey his message.) That section applies pretty much to any work of fiction and is worth readng for that fact alone.
Finally, you might want to read Section 1 (from p17, the beginning of the essay, through to p18 "statutory rape and murder.") for an overview of why Lolita caused, and still causes, the reactions it does.)
Now for all the Sections, (as numbered and divided through my eyes):
Hope this helps, but ya gotta read the ending!
Thanks for asking the question,
The answering provides some interesting reading itself,
Peder
You asked about good parts of Pifer's Casebook,
My first cup of coffee this morning was dedicated to answering that question, and here are the results for the first chapter, "The Art of Illusion in Nabokov's Lolita," by NomiTamir-Gehz.
The chapter breaks down into eight sections, even though the author does not number them or explicitly indicate section breaks.
As for the good parts, you must read Section 8 if you read nothing else! (All sections are described below) I think you will see a remarkable smilarity to points discussed here in the forum but, most of all, you will see Tamir-Gehz's answer to how VN intended us to view Humbert -- a question that you recall generated some fair amount of debate here. Section 8 is p 34 "In spite f the fact...." to the end, on page 35.
As to how VN accomplished that result, the short form answer is in a very short Section 4 (p21, "The organization of the text...." through p22 "they are all used to convey his message.) That section applies pretty much to any work of fiction and is worth readng for that fact alone.
Finally, you might want to read Section 1 (from p17, the beginning of the essay, through to p18 "statutory rape and murder.") for an overview of why Lolita caused, and still causes, the reactions it does.)
Now for all the Sections, (as numbered and divided through my eyes):
Hope this helps, but ya gotta read the ending!
Thanks for asking the question,
The answering provides some interesting reading itself,
Peder
