Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0016668, Fri, 4 Jul 2008 13:34:43 -0700

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Re: THOUGHTS: Consistency, ID, Religion
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Emily Sours <talulahgosh@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
Isn't all fiction "intelligent design"--the creator knows the beginning, but may or may not know the end?
Evolution--it works in all contexts.
JA re: of course all fiction is ID, but my point was that Nabokov build's the sense of the author's authority into his books, which makes for a good way to parody literary convnetions, and is used to reveal His divine purpose. In the Real Life Of Sebastion Knight, Sebastian is found lying on the floor after having completed writing one of his novels by a friend; he explains he's taking a sabbath's rest after having made a world.


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