Scrawled Shortcuts through the Research Maze
Literature Resource Center
Everything you ever (or never) wanted to know about Nabokov, Lolita and their place in literature.
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The Encyclopedia of Novels Into Film
Despite obvious problems, two different film versions of Lolita (Kubrick 1962, Lyne/Schiff 1997) were made. Get the cinema scoop here.
Reference 791.43603 T552e
Credo Reference
Survey the impact of fictional Dolores Haze on the modern world of thought by searching for her in these online reference books---find literary analyses, definitions, comparisons and even Russian theatre adaptations.
http://www.credoreference.com.ezproxy.drew.edu/
Salem History Online
“The 1950s in America” gives background for Nabokov’s writing---and success; turn here, also, for Roman Polanski and the 1992 Long Island Lolita scandal.
http://www.history.salempress.com.ezproxy.drew.edu/
St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture
Nice article on the concept of Lolita in popular culture.
Reference 973.9 S143s
Academic Search Premiere
Lolita, poor girl, turns up almost 900 times in this massive journal index. Look for articles on “Lolita” fashion trends, on the politics--and fiction--of reading the novel Lolita, and whether Nabokov himself was a pedophile.
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Girlhood in America: An Encyclopedia
How is Lolita related to Barbie, or Girls & Sweets? How about Female Sexuality?
Reference 305.230973 G525g
Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood in History and Society
The entry on Lolita leads to problematic “Images of Childhood” from Lewis Carroll to Sally Mann, and on to “Sexuality”…
Reference 305.2303 E56e
Film & Television Literature Index & Int'l Bib. of Theatre & Dance
Trenchant criticism of the Lolita film and theatre adaptions? Try these!
Online under Research Resources by Subject—Theater Arts