Nabokov’s Critics: a Review Article

The Gnostic Journey of Cincinnatus in Nabokov’s Invitation to a Beheading

This paper explores and analyzes the Gnostic themes that are present throughout Vladimir Nabokov’s novel, Invitation to a Beheading. Although other scholars have recognized the Gnostic elements in the novel, previous analyses present a limited understanding of the Gnostic religion, and, therefore, have narrow interpretations of the extent to which Nabokov includes Gnostic ideas. This paper prov...

On Humbert Humbert’s Mental Disease in Nabokov’s Lolita

Book Review: "Loving Literature. A Cultural History"

It is widely acknowledged that emotion is deeply embedded in literary criticism. Even when we aspire to scientific analysis and objectivity, we assume that we share a love of literature. Loving Literature is a deep and fascinating exploration of this important assumption. Literary critics and professors of literature are expected not only to know but also to love their work. In the case of prof...

The Status of Allegory and Symbolic Language in Quranic Stories: A Review and Critique of the Theory of Fantasization

One of the common views in contemporary Quranic research is the dialog on the existence of allegory and symbolic language in the Quran and Quranic stories. Citing such arguments as the common literary style between the Quranic stories and human stories, the use of symbols with specific modes of expression in the Quran and the cases in which the Divine intent is expressed through questions and a...

Response to our critics.

Health Economics, Policy and Law / FirstView Article / January 2015, pp 1 9 DOI: 10.1017/S1744133114000590, Published online: 30 January 2015 Link to this article: http://journals.cambridge.org/abstract_S1744133114000590 How to cite this article: Alex Voorhoeve, Trygve Ottersen and Ole Fritjof Norheim Response to our critics. Health Economics, Policy and Law, Available on CJO 2015 doi:10.1017/S...