Nabokov’s Eros and the Poetics of Desire

1. Introduction
Maurice Couturier

Part I. Eros’ Age-Old Tricks

2. The Tribulations of Adonis
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3. Eve’s Dupes
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Part II. Sterile Perversions

4. A Mere Animal Need: King, Queen, Knave

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5. No Need
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6. Cruelty is Bliss
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Part III. Creative Perversions

7. In a Glass Darkly: Pale Fire

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8. Nymph-Hunting
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9. Recreating the Androgyn: Ada

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10. Epilogue: Eros’ Denials
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Keywords: Literature, European Literature, Twentieth-Century Literature, Fiction, Literary Theory, Poetry and Poetics