Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0005975, Tue, 22 May 2001 13:59:14 -0700

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VIRUS in Senior Thesis on Pale Fire: POSSIBLE VIRUS
INFESTATION!]
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EDITOR's NOTE. NABOKV-l thanks Charles Cave for the warning. I advise that
nobody try to download Tom Nguyen's Pale Fire senior thesis at
www.stanford.edu/~miles until the matter is clarified.
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Charles Cave wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I tried downloaded the thesis described in the email below, but was told the
> file contained a virus. I have contacted Tom Nguyen telling him of this,
> and requesting a copy of the document in Word or PDF format.
>
> Kind regards,
> Charles Cave
> Sydney, Australia
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: D. Barton Johnson [mailto:chtodel@gte.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, 22 May 2001 9:53
> To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
> Subject: [Fwd: Senior Thesis on Pale Fire]
>
> EDITOR's NOTE. NABOKV-L thanks Tom Ngyuen for the information below.
> ----------------------------
> Tom Nguyen wrote:
>
> > This message was originally submitted by miles@STANFORD.EDU to the Hey
> Folks
> >
> > I just finished my thesis on Pale Fire. It's called "Fictionality,
> > Interpretation, and Despair in Nabokov's Pale Fire".
> > It offers a discussion on the Kinbote-Shade debate and Boyd's recent book
> of
> > solution, and a new reading of the novel that hopefully provides some
> > basis for more progressive understandings of it.
> >
> > It's posted on my website in MacBinary and BinHex formats:
> >
> > www.stanford.edu/~miles
> >
> > I'd love to hear feedback, especially from scholars who have published
> > articles or books about Pale Fire.
> >
> > Tom Nguyen
> >
> > __________________________________________
> > TOM NGUYEN PO Box 14795
> > miles@stanford.edu Stanford, CA 94309
> > Kairos 110 (650) 497-3623