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From: "Jerry Friedman" <jerry_friedman@yahoo.com>
To: "Vladimir Nabokov Forum" <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
Sent: Friday, September 13, 2002 3:10 PM
Subject: Re: Ms Kunin's reply to Mr Langridge
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>> > From: "Carolyn Kunin" <chaiselongue@earthlink.net>
> > To: "Vladimir Nabokov Forum" <NABOKV-L@listserv.ucsb.edu>
> > Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2002 7:16 AM
> > Subject: reply to Mr Langridge
> ...
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> > > I only wish to suggest that Pale Fire is a game. Nabokov pitches, we
> > bat. I repeat my question: am I on first, or have I struck out?
>
> Well, not that I'm the umpire, but if there really are two Edward
> Hydes mentioned, I think you're onto something. On the other hand,
> any reference to Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde could be taken to refer
> to Dr. Botkin and Dr. Kinbote (except the fact that Shade is "Mr.").
>
> Speaking of Botkin, thanks to you and others for answering my question on
> "nikto b'".
>
> I didn't take Kurt Johnson's warning about forgetting the literature
> personally, since he said he wasn't thinking of anyone in particular,
> but what would participants recommend on _Pale Fire_? I've read
> Meyer's and Boyd's books. Also, where is there material on the
> theory that there is no "real story" and all the ghosts, multiple
> personalities, single authors if you like them, et cetera, are part
> of what chess problemists call the "play". If I remember correctly,
> Alfred Appel says something similar about _Lolita_, but I find the
> idea more satisfying in regard to _Pale Fire_.
>
> Jerry Friedman
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From: "Jerry Friedman" <jerry_friedman@yahoo.com>
To: "Vladimir Nabokov Forum" <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
Sent: Friday, September 13, 2002 3:10 PM
Subject: Re: Ms Kunin's reply to Mr Langridge
>
> ----------------- Message requiring your approval (38
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>
>> > From: "Carolyn Kunin" <chaiselongue@earthlink.net>
> > To: "Vladimir Nabokov Forum" <NABOKV-L@listserv.ucsb.edu>
> > Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2002 7:16 AM
> > Subject: reply to Mr Langridge
> ...
>
> > > I only wish to suggest that Pale Fire is a game. Nabokov pitches, we
> > bat. I repeat my question: am I on first, or have I struck out?
>
> Well, not that I'm the umpire, but if there really are two Edward
> Hydes mentioned, I think you're onto something. On the other hand,
> any reference to Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde could be taken to refer
> to Dr. Botkin and Dr. Kinbote (except the fact that Shade is "Mr.").
>
> Speaking of Botkin, thanks to you and others for answering my question on
> "nikto b'".
>
> I didn't take Kurt Johnson's warning about forgetting the literature
> personally, since he said he wasn't thinking of anyone in particular,
> but what would participants recommend on _Pale Fire_? I've read
> Meyer's and Boyd's books. Also, where is there material on the
> theory that there is no "real story" and all the ghosts, multiple
> personalities, single authors if you like them, et cetera, are part
> of what chess problemists call the "play". If I remember correctly,
> Alfred Appel says something similar about _Lolita_, but I find the
> idea more satisfying in regard to _Pale Fire_.
>
> Jerry Friedman
>
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