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My apologies for the self-promotional element of this message, but followers
of this thread might be interested in my article on the web-site Zembla
called "Synthesizing Artistic Delight: The Lesson of Pale Fire," which
argues for the manifold applicability of this chess problem passage from
Speak, Memory to the structure of Pale Fire and the inexhaustible
slipperiness ('unreliability') of Kinbote as annotator/author/character.
The article is paired with "A Guide to Kinbote's Commentary," a series of
diagrams that track the reference patterns in Kinbote's notes. Here's a
link:
<http://www.libraries.psu.edu/nabokov/walter.htm>
http://www.libraries.psu.edu/nabokov/walter.htm
Brian Walter
From: Vladimir Nabokov Forum [mailto:NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU] On Behalf
Of jansymello
Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 8:49 PM
To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
Subject: Re: [NABOKV-L] Aisenberg's thoughts on PF]] ultimate answer]
VN:.[The pleasant experience of the roundabout route (strange landscapes,
gongs, tigers, exotic customs, the thrice-repeated circuit of a newly
married couple around the sacred fire of an earthen brazier) would amply
reward him for the misery of the deceit, and after that,]... his arrival at
the simple key move would provide him with a synthesis of poignant artistic
delight."]-- JA:... not because there is an ultimate answer to anything, but
just because the fever itself is fun -- L Hochard: as your own quotation
shows, there IS an ultimate answer to VN's chess problems, but VN says this
"simple key move" gives the reader / player more pleasure if we take the
"roundabout route"
JM: Isn't that a roundabout route to describe one of the multiple games
related to solving chess problems? Or a "yarn-spinner's" plot?
Please, confront this to VN's: "the enchanter interests me more than the
yarn-spinner or the teacher"
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of this thread might be interested in my article on the web-site Zembla
called "Synthesizing Artistic Delight: The Lesson of Pale Fire," which
argues for the manifold applicability of this chess problem passage from
Speak, Memory to the structure of Pale Fire and the inexhaustible
slipperiness ('unreliability') of Kinbote as annotator/author/character.
The article is paired with "A Guide to Kinbote's Commentary," a series of
diagrams that track the reference patterns in Kinbote's notes. Here's a
link:
<http://www.libraries.psu.edu/nabokov/walter.htm>
http://www.libraries.psu.edu/nabokov/walter.htm
Brian Walter
From: Vladimir Nabokov Forum [mailto:NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU] On Behalf
Of jansymello
Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 8:49 PM
To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
Subject: Re: [NABOKV-L] Aisenberg's thoughts on PF]] ultimate answer]
VN:.[The pleasant experience of the roundabout route (strange landscapes,
gongs, tigers, exotic customs, the thrice-repeated circuit of a newly
married couple around the sacred fire of an earthen brazier) would amply
reward him for the misery of the deceit, and after that,]... his arrival at
the simple key move would provide him with a synthesis of poignant artistic
delight."]-- JA:... not because there is an ultimate answer to anything, but
just because the fever itself is fun -- L Hochard: as your own quotation
shows, there IS an ultimate answer to VN's chess problems, but VN says this
"simple key move" gives the reader / player more pleasure if we take the
"roundabout route"
JM: Isn't that a roundabout route to describe one of the multiple games
related to solving chess problems? Or a "yarn-spinner's" plot?
Please, confront this to VN's: "the enchanter interests me more than the
yarn-spinner or the teacher"
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Contact the Editors: mailto:nabokv-l@utk.edu,nabokv-l@holycross.edu
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