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From: "Mike Sullivan" <lists@galileo.math.siu.edu>
To: "Vladimir Nabokov Forum" <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
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Subject: Clare Quilty Ireland
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> I am a mathematician, not a literature scholar, and Lolita is the only
> Nabokov work I have read. With that warning, I offer the following
> observation and question.
>
> Quilty is a small town in Clare county Ireland. The town has a story of
> its own. In 1907 the fishermen of Quilty rescued the sailors of a French
> ship that was sinking. For details see:
> http://www.irelandmidwest.com/clare/towns/Quilty.htm
>
> Could this story parallel CQ's rescue of Dolores? Of course HH does not
> see CQ as a rescuer, but as a kidnapper. But if Nabokov had any knowledge
> Quilty's bit of local lore, could this imply that HH on some level did see
> CQ as hero rather than villain?
>
> I did a search of the NABOKOV-L archives and found no other comments on
> this possibility. Thanks to Prof. Zoran Kuzmanovich for referring me to
> this listserv.
>
>
> --
> Mike Sullivan
> Math Dept (4408)
> msulliva@math.siu.edu
> (on leave at U of Md)
>
From: "Mike Sullivan" <lists@galileo.math.siu.edu>
To: "Vladimir Nabokov Forum" <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2002 7:16 AM
Subject: Clare Quilty Ireland
> This message was originally submitted by lists@GALILEO.MATH.SIU.EDU to
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> I am a mathematician, not a literature scholar, and Lolita is the only
> Nabokov work I have read. With that warning, I offer the following
> observation and question.
>
> Quilty is a small town in Clare county Ireland. The town has a story of
> its own. In 1907 the fishermen of Quilty rescued the sailors of a French
> ship that was sinking. For details see:
> http://www.irelandmidwest.com/clare/towns/Quilty.htm
>
> Could this story parallel CQ's rescue of Dolores? Of course HH does not
> see CQ as a rescuer, but as a kidnapper. But if Nabokov had any knowledge
> Quilty's bit of local lore, could this imply that HH on some level did see
> CQ as hero rather than villain?
>
> I did a search of the NABOKOV-L archives and found no other comments on
> this possibility. Thanks to Prof. Zoran Kuzmanovich for referring me to
> this listserv.
>
>
> --
> Mike Sullivan
> Math Dept (4408)
> msulliva@math.siu.edu
> (on leave at U of Md)
>