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    Louise Brooks, Lolita, and Nabokov: Names, Titles, & Secret Muses

    February 6, 2018 / No Comments

    What does compelling evidence amount to in the absence of outright proof? How far does mere suspicion carry you without a frank confession? In a court of law, evidence and suspicion are typically inadequate where securing a desired verdict is concerned. But the court of public opinion is a quite separate phenomenon, indeed. This brings us to the legendary Silent Era film star Louise Brooks (1906-1985), to her brief but monumental on-screen career, to the famous work of literature which may well have drawn inspiration from her captivating persona, and to her unpublished memoir Naked on my Goat, which she inexplicably incinerated after having devoted considerable time to its completion. As…

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    Eyes Wide Shut, an Allegory of Alice’s Dreams

    November 7, 2021
    Parallels in Film, ‘Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me,’ ‘Blue Velvet,’ ‘Lolita,’ ‘Diary of a Lost Girl,’ and ‘Pandora’s Box’

    Parallels in Film, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, Blue Velvet, Lolita, Diary of a Lost Girl, and Pandora’s Box

    August 1, 2019

    On the Rumored Relationship Between Louise Brooks and Kenneth Tynan

    June 27, 2020
  • What Inspired Nabokov’s Literary Classic Lolita?
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    What Inspired Nabokov’s Literary Classic Lolita?

    February 6, 2018 / No Comments

    The Mysterious Inspiration Behind Vladimir Nabokov’s “Lolita” The brilliant yet somewhat obstinate story of Lolita from Vladimir Nabokov’s 1955 publication often comes up with discussing controversial literary works. The tale focuses on Humbert Humbert, a professor of literature who becomes intimately involved with a pre-teen girl after seducing and marrying her middle-aged, widowed mother. Although stories like this have been a part of literature for centuries, Nabokov’s piece was always considered to be an original work of fiction. Literary scholars have studied this along with his other work over time. However, in 2005, a literary critic created controversy when he made claims that Nabokov’s Lolita wasn’t original and may have even been stolen.…

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    The Fundamentals of Good Ballroom Dancing by Louise Brooks

    On Louise Brooks’ ‘The Fundamentals of Good Ballroom Dancing’

    July 16, 2019
    Sue Lyon as Lolita

    Discovering the anti-heroines (Femme Fatales) Dolores Haze, Lola Montes, and Louise Brooks

    September 25, 2022

    Louise Brooks wasn’t just brainy, she was Schopenhauer-brainy

    October 26, 2018

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