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Date: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 11:01 AM -0700
From: Mark Bennett <mab@straussandasher.com>
To: chtodel@gss.ucsb.edu
Subject: RE: odd moment in Lolita? (fwd)
Well, throughout the novel, Lo displays a "strangely mature psychology."
And, of course, she's correct: HH did legally rape her, even if she
consented to intercourse with him. She is clearly aware of this, as
indicated by the breathtakingly brilliant section near beginning of Part
II, in which HH explains(?) their situation to Lo with the intent of
frightening her into silent compliance. In light of this, I see nothing
particularly odd about Lo's remark to Hum; in contemporary parlance,
she's just jerking his chain.
Mark Bennett
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Subject: odd moment in Lolita? (fwd)
------------------ In Part II in the last paragraph of chapter 13 of
_Lolita_, there is to my mind one of the oddest, almost throw-away lines
in the whole novel, where Lolita queries (teases?) HH about the name of
the hotel they stayed in (this is during the period she is rehearsing
the play, The Hunted Enchanters, named after the hotel) and refers to it
as 'the hotel where you raped me'. You almost have to wonder that HH
isn't imagining these words, because they seem to reveal a strangely
mature psychology, and because most of the sexual action is referred o
so tangentially. Just my cod-Freudian take on this. Any thoughts?
Brian
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Date: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 11:01 AM -0700
From: Mark Bennett <mab@straussandasher.com>
To: chtodel@gss.ucsb.edu
Subject: RE: odd moment in Lolita? (fwd)
Well, throughout the novel, Lo displays a "strangely mature psychology."
And, of course, she's correct: HH did legally rape her, even if she
consented to intercourse with him. She is clearly aware of this, as
indicated by the breathtakingly brilliant section near beginning of Part
II, in which HH explains(?) their situation to Lo with the intent of
frightening her into silent compliance. In light of this, I see nothing
particularly odd about Lo's remark to Hum; in contemporary parlance,
she's just jerking his chain.
Mark Bennett
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From: Vladimir Nabokov Forum [mailto:NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU] On
Behalf Of D. Barton Johnson
Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 9:19 AM
To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
Subject: odd moment in Lolita? (fwd)
------------------ In Part II in the last paragraph of chapter 13 of
_Lolita_, there is to my mind one of the oddest, almost throw-away lines
in the whole novel, where Lolita queries (teases?) HH about the name of
the hotel they stayed in (this is during the period she is rehearsing
the play, The Hunted Enchanters, named after the hotel) and refers to it
as 'the hotel where you raped me'. You almost have to wonder that HH
isn't imagining these words, because they seem to reveal a strangely
mature psychology, and because most of the sexual action is referred o
so tangentially. Just my cod-Freudian take on this. Any thoughts?
Brian
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