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I think St. George has a significance in *Spring in Fialta* too. The
narrator mentions Mount St. George several times. Ferdinand buys "a dreadful
marble imitation of Mount St. George." In the end, Ferdinand and Segur the
dragons ("those salamanders of fate, those basilisks of good fortune")
survive but Nina dies.
Akiko
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From: "Donald B. Johnson" <chtodel@gss.ucsb.edu>
To: <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 9:56 AM
Subject: Saint George's Dat in VN
> ----- Forwarded message from jansy@aetern.us -----
> Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 21:00:56 -0300
> From: Jansy Berndt de Souza Mello <jansy@aetern.us>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Carolyn
> To: Jansy Berndt de Souza Mello
> Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2004 9:05 PM
> Subject: Re: Slezak Russian swan joke in Kamera obskura
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>
> Isn't St George's Day significant in Ada? Send to the list posthaste!
>
>
> From: "Jansy Berndt de Souza Mello" <jansy@aetern.us>
> Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 20:53:40 -0300
> To: "Carolyn" <chaiselongue@earthlink.net>
>
>
>
> I think Saint George is more important in VN than people care to
acknowledge.
> I´ve just come across a list of English King George´s in ADA. There´s the
> dragon/draconite matter in TT. Now we have St.George in Pnin ( reference
> S.Drescher /Van Eyck painting)
>
> ----- End forwarded message -----
>
> EDNOTE. As I recall St George has been "delisted" as a mythical figure. I
think
> he was the patron saint of both England & Russia. VN sometimes used Saints
Days
> as convenient point for plot timing as as a mnemonic device. Whether its
meaning
> might necessarily go deeper, I'm not sure. BTW, until recent times the
> illiterate peasants marked off the passage of time by selected Saints'
Says
> rather than numbers,
>
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narrator mentions Mount St. George several times. Ferdinand buys "a dreadful
marble imitation of Mount St. George." In the end, Ferdinand and Segur the
dragons ("those salamanders of fate, those basilisks of good fortune")
survive but Nina dies.
Akiko
----- Original Message -----
From: "Donald B. Johnson" <chtodel@gss.ucsb.edu>
To: <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 9:56 AM
Subject: Saint George's Dat in VN
> ----- Forwarded message from jansy@aetern.us -----
> Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 21:00:56 -0300
> From: Jansy Berndt de Souza Mello <jansy@aetern.us>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Carolyn
> To: Jansy Berndt de Souza Mello
> Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2004 9:05 PM
> Subject: Re: Slezak Russian swan joke in Kamera obskura
>
>
> Isn't St George's Day significant in Ada? Send to the list posthaste!
>
>
> From: "Jansy Berndt de Souza Mello" <jansy@aetern.us>
> Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 20:53:40 -0300
> To: "Carolyn" <chaiselongue@earthlink.net>
>
>
>
> I think Saint George is more important in VN than people care to
acknowledge.
> I´ve just come across a list of English King George´s in ADA. There´s the
> dragon/draconite matter in TT. Now we have St.George in Pnin ( reference
> S.Drescher /Van Eyck painting)
>
> ----- End forwarded message -----
>
> EDNOTE. As I recall St George has been "delisted" as a mythical figure. I
think
> he was the patron saint of both England & Russia. VN sometimes used Saints
Days
> as convenient point for plot timing as as a mnemonic device. Whether its
meaning
> might necessarily go deeper, I'm not sure. BTW, until recent times the
> illiterate peasants marked off the passage of time by selected Saints'
Says
> rather than numbers,
>
----- End forwarded message -----