Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov (spelled right, this time)
Scholarly, ornate-- overwhelmingly so. His language is ridiculously high on the y-axis, and it reeks of elegance. Nabokov's diction is sensuous and provocative when describing his beloved Lolita, but he never manages to lose the formality of his voice. He paints murals, oodles and oodles of them, his words so imagistic and figurative-- but how else are we to know love, both physical and emotional, as he knows it? He defines prose with a sweet melodious rhythm and sound, but entwines it with the heart of a perverted cynic and a lustful soul.
The Words of Every Song by Liz Moore
This is middle ground. Or rather, it is all over the place. At times, there is swearing, at others, there is deep emotional analyzation. It is straightforward, but not completely blunt, and it is somewhere in between harsh and harmonious. I've no idea. It's rather mediocre writing, but I like it all the same. The stories are extremely interesting, but I wouldn't go as far to say that they are elegantly written. There are seldom images that come to mind when reading this. There are, but not really. It is more made up of literal diction, with no imaginative connotations or hidden meanings. These are more just stories of figurative people and what happens in their somewhat sad, mediocre lives, connected by musica.
Forbidden by Tabitha Suzuma
This book is spilling over with emotion, which makes it imagistic and picturesque and figurative. Depression, fear, solitude, infatuation, love-- are all explained in depth, as the main characters feel them accordingly. Wouldn't say it's elegant, or scholarly, but it's well-written. A bit better written than The Words of Ever Song but, they're are both on the same level of goodness. The only vulgarity I come across is the swearing. I would say there's a lot, but the situations in the book call for it. I'll settle with middle ground, with a strong splash of picturesque and suggestive connotation.
Eschuchar musica.
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