![]() ![]() first sees Dolores Haze sunbathing and wearing sunglasses in a garden he calls her the reincarnation of his childhood Riviera love.) The poster girl is a seductive stand-in for the movie.We assume Humbert Humbert's gaze and breathe her "nymphean evil" as she manipulates the gentle, shy European professor.Ĭover image of Lolita, Random House, 1997īrowse a local book store and this edition is the one we often find (replete with the infamous Vanity Fair quote). ![]() The poster for Kubrick's movie is probably the most famous image of Lolita: red, heart-shaped sunglasses, red lollipop, red lips, and red title. Some potentially NSFW images after the break. While my classroom discussions often revolve around how Humbert Humbert depicts her character, I'm interested here in the related issue of how publishers (and movie producers) metonymically depict the work through the image of a girl. ![]() Having just finished teaching Lolita again, I find myself thinking about representations of Dolores Haze and of the novel. Movie poster from Stanley Kubrick's film adaptation of the novel Lolita ![]()
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