Tag: Vladimir Nabokov
The Lolita Shtick Ain’t Workin’ in Blackpink featuring Selena Gomez’s “Ice Cream”
Even the mention of Moses can’t lend much depth to the latest single from Blackpink, a group that might be better off either not singing [Read More…]
The Two Lolitas Lyon and Swain
In 1962, on the heels of directing Spartacus, Stanley Kubrick would exhibit a rare instance of surrendering the tone of Lolita to the domineering pitch [Read More…]
Ada, Or Ardor: Literature’s Great Incest Story
Just as film has incestuous works of art in the likes of The Dreamers and Girl, Interrupted and television has it in Arrested Development, Ada, [Read More…]
Desperately Seeking Spoonerisms: The Decline of Word Play in Literature
“Spoonerism” may sound like a dirty word, but that’s only because it’s employed so rarely in contemporary literature that we’ve become unfamiliar with the term. [Read More…]
Lana Del Rey’s Most Literary Tracks
Lana Del Rey, whose sophomore album, Ultraviolence, drops on June 17th, has always shown a predilection for literary references in her music. Even though one [Read More…]
