Lolita | Essays and Criticism

  • Examination of the Narrative Form

    In the following essay, Wendy Perkins examines how the narrative form of Lolita reveals the main character's attempt to artistically recreate his relationship with a young girl.

  • Lolita: A Modern Classic in Spite of Its Readers

    In the following essay, Phillip F. O'Connor discusses Lolita as a parody of several popular genres, as a work rich in characterization, and as the catalyst for Nabokov's success as a writer.

  • Lolita. Overview

    In this overview, Chester E. Eisinger argues that Lolita is not so much about its plot as it is about art; he asserts that the novel's "primary if not its sole reality is language."