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Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter One Grail-Quest Archetype in Literature
1.1 Quest Archetype
1.2 A Brief Review of Grail-quest Romances in literature
Chapter Two Humbert's Quest Journey
2.1 Formation of His Obsession with Nymphet-grail
2.2 Wandering before Approaching the Grail
2.3 Tantalizing in the Vicinity of the Grail
2.3.1 Confrontations
2.3.2 Separation
2.3.3 Reunion
Chapter Three Lolita, the Flawed Grail
3.t A Conventional American Girl
3.2 A Little Plotter of Escaping
3.3 A Girl into Her Womanhood
Chapter Four Meaninglessness and Absurdity of the Quest
4.1 Grail-quest Variant in Lolita
4.2 Philosophical Significance
Conclusion
Works Cited