Format:
IX, 213 S.
,
Ill.
,
23 cm
Edition:
1. ed
ISBN:
9780857454430
,
9780857454447
Content:
Introduction -- Imogen, narcissism and the intolerable idea -- Brideshead revisited: Charles Ryder drowning in honey -- The French lieutenant's woman: Charles Smithson -- Beyond the pale and Mike beyond the run -- Swann in love: exceptional feelings -- Dead ringers: The flight from strange and unloved women -- M. Butterfly: Rene Gallimard and the flair for melodrama -- Lolita: the two basic laws of totemism
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-204) and index
,
Introduction -- Imogen, narcissism and the intolerable idea -- Brideshead revisited: Charles Ryder drowning in honey -- The French lieutenant's woman: Charles Smithson -- Beyond the pale and Mike beyond the run -- Swann in love: exceptional feelings -- Dead ringers: The flight from strange and unloved women -- M. Butterfly: Rene Gallimard and the flair for melodrama -- Lolita: the two basic laws of totemism.
Language:
English
Keywords:
Irons, Jeremy 1948-
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