His favorite poet was Edgar Allan Poe and not only did he lust after a young woman but parts of the film also reminded me of a Poe story. Especially with his narration during the scene where he debated on shooting Charlotte.
"The saddest thing in life is wasted talent." ~ A Bronx Tale (1993)
Not surprising since the book is ripe with nods to the poem Annabel Lee by Poe. In fact the original title was going to be "Kingdom by the Sea" instead of "Lolita."
shareNice. In high school we had to make our own version of a famous poem and I chose Annabel Lee. Great poem
"The saddest thing in life is wasted talent." ~ A Bronx Tale (1993)
Yes, it's a beautiful poem, but heartbreaking. This and a lot of Poe's other works including The Raven are about the grief of Poe after his young wife died.
shareYeah. You should play a PC game called "The Dark Eye". You play out some of Poe's stories and his life. It's pretty old but still an awesome game.
"The saddest thing in life is wasted talent." ~ A Bronx Tale (1993)
Would you believe this 54 year-old grandmother has never played a video game in her life- but I do like to watch the animation, graphics ect. when the family plays them and this sounds pretty interesting.
shareHere is a youtube video of the game. There is also a part 2 if you want to continue watching. Then you don't need to actually play to see the whole thing :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5pw0CdPYCE
William S. Burroughs is also in the game
"The saddest thing in life is wasted talent." ~ A Bronx Tale (1993)
Not just as a poet, but also as an author, i.e. his stories.
And Poe married his 13 year old cousin, and here you have a very young Lolita.
In the book Lolita, there are also a lot of references to the nymph stages of butterlies, of which Nabokov was an avid butterfly collector, and noted collector of butterflies who wrote a lot of scholarly articles in that area. While he wrote Lolita, he was enjoying a trip through the Rockies, chasing butterflies, and even named one of the new species he discovered on that trip after his beloved Lolita. In the book also there are constant references to the nymph stage of butterfly development. Just FYI for those who have not read the book. I don't think this comes through in the movie.
Not just as a poet, but also as an author, i.e. his stories.
And Poe married his 13 year old cousin, and here you have a very young Lolita.
Indeed. Her name was Virginia. She was 13 and Poe was about 24 when they married. She died of TB at the age of 17. Poe never got over her loss.
@ mario_023: Yes, E. Poe is definitely alluded in the novel "Lolita", but there are tons of other allusions and references.
It goes well beyond that actually, in some of his interviews, Nabokov told that he had hidden a riddle in "Lolita", e.g. Nabokov talking about it: "I’ve no general ideas to exploit, I just like composing riddles with elegant solutions","("The novel Lolita") was like the composition of a beautiful puzzle – its composition and its solution at the same time, since one is mirror view of the other, depending on the way you look" ).
You can read a rather convincing solution here, for instance (but you need to know well the book to really get the thing):
https://wittevlinders.wordpress.com/2014/09/20/lolita-riddle-solved/
or here (same stuff, in case the former link didn't work)
http://lolitasriddle.blogspot.com/2014/10/lolitas-riddle-solved.html