Publications par Morgane Allain

Jacqueline Hamrit, Authorship in Nabokov’s Preface, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014.

« Whereas literary criticism has mainly oscillated between “the death of the author” (Barthes) and “the return of the author” (Couturier), this work suggests another perspective on authorship through an analysis of Nabokov’s prefaces. It is here argued that the author, being neither dead nor tyrannical, alternates between authoritative apparitions and receding disappearances in the double […]

Alexia Gassin et John Pier (dir.), L’effacement selon Nabokov. Lolita versus The Original of Laura, Tours, PUFR, 2014.

Sommaire : Préface par Philippe Chardin. Introduction par Alexia Gassin et John Pier I – Effacements narratifs René Alladaye : « Et le sujet du roman ? Il n’en a pas. » Itinéraires d’effacement, de « Lolita » à « Laura » John Pier : « The Original of Laura » : les textes du roman II – Effacements auctoriaux Alexia […]

Maurice Couturier, Nabokov’s Eros and the Poetics of Desire, Palgrave Macmillan, June 2014

« Nabokov gained international fame with Lolita, a highly erotic and morally disturbing novel. Through its comprehensive study of the amorous and sexual behaviors of Nabokov’s characters this book shows how Eros, both as a clown or a pervert, contributes to the poetic excellence of his novels and accounts for the unfolding of the plots. »