nymphet

• “(through whose tortured glottis the word nymphet has decisively been lifted into the linguistic mainstream from the minor Jacobean rivulets of Drayton and Drummond), whose speech is effectively spoonerized by the "tender, mysterious, impure, indifferent twilight eyes" of "Haze, Dolores" (to firmly place the child where she belongs -- in a school attendance list):”

  Verbatim: VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XI No 3

• “Hamlet refers to Ophelia as a nymph ( "Nymph, in thy orisons, be all my sins remembered"), but she is of marriageable age, whereas a nymphet is another thing altogether.”

  Hurricane Lolita

• “Because in Humbert's private mythology, Dolly is the "nymphet" Lolita, a creature whose "true nature is not human, but … demoniac," a changeling without family or history, existing on an "intangible island of entranced time," where neither she nor Humbert will ever grow up.”

  Newsweek: Lolita At 50, And Forever Young

• “And she had a crush on a teacher who would probably think she was some kind of nymphet if he knew about it.”

  Outside In

• “nymphet" to enthrall and transport across state lines.”

  Histriomastix

• “The demands which Humbert makes upon Lolita, with his appalling sentimentality, cannot possibly be met by her: and the result is a bitter comedy in which the nymphet answers his passion by demand for more iced lollies or fudge sundaes.”

  The Guardian: From the archive, 23 January 1959: Lolita and its critics

• “Lolita is his preferred nymphet, and the book is a record of his disastrous affair with her.”

  The Guardian: From the archive, 23 January 1959: Lolita and its critics

• “I don't think I've seen the cover of any recent magazine aimed at youth that did not involve a scantily clad nymphet staring at the camera, all wide-eyed and pouty-lipped, as if to say, Gee, this is all I know how to do.”

  A Conversation with Libba Bray about A Great and Terrible Beauty

• “The artists themselves, by contrast, present a fascinating profusion of kinship patterns, which mostly have to do with girlfriends and show business: Ruscha made a small version of his painting 'Annie' for his intimate friend Ann Marshall, daughter of actor Herbert Marshall and best friend of Michelle Phillips, the gorgeous nymphet singer of the Mamas and the Papas.”

  The Wall Street Journal: When the West Coast Went Pop

• “A dirty old man travels across country with his nymphet?”

  Narrative Strategies

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