Introduction
Part I: Eros' age-old tricks
The tribulations of Adonis
Eve's dupes
Part II: Sterile perversions
A mere animal need: King, Queen, Knave
No need
Cruelty is bliss
Part III: Creative perversions
In a glass darkly: Pale fire
Nymph-hunting
Recreating the androgyn: Ada
Epilogue: Eros' denials.
Nabokov's eros and the poetics of desire by Maurice Couturier. ISBN 9781137404589. Published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2014. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.