Lolita 50 Years Later

Lolita 50 Years LaterJoyce Carol OatesAuthor of The Female of the SpeciesLike all classics, Lolita is a special case. An occasion for enormous controversy at the time of its publication in 1955, the novel has acquired over the decades--like such scandalous predecessors as James Joyce's Ulysses and D.H. Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover--the patina of the classic. More people have heard of it and have an opinion about it than have read it. Individuals with virtually no interest in literature--pa...