Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0002062, Wed, 30 Apr 1997 09:04:58 -0700

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Re: T.S.Eliot's _The Waste Land_ notes & the PLAE FIRE notes?(fwd)
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From: Stacy Rotner <be81912@binghamton.edu>

It is highly unlikely that Nabokov would in any way want to
resemble or even remind a reader of the works of Eliot. In ADA, Nabokov
refers to the anti-Semetic Eliot as "Mr. Eliot, a Jewish businessman." (p.
5) His debasement of Eliot only emphasizes his stong disrespect for him,
as well as his works.