Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0014013, Thu, 9 Nov 2006 21:10:32 -0200

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Re: Fw: [NABOKV-L] Word-wars in Arabic traditions,
Oedipus and Timon of Athens and elsewhere
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Re: [NABOKV-L] Fw: [NABOKV-L] Word-wars in Arabic traditions, Oedipus and Timon of Athens and elsewhereBegining with the suggestion by

"To be or not to be" is not simply a 'question' in the modern sense of FAQ/FUQ (computerese for Frequently Asked/Unanswered Questions). Rather, to all but the basest (unversed!!) of groundlings, the audience would take in the wider semantic drift of the Latin 'quaestio' -- inquiry, investigation, examination by TORTURE! ...Russophones are invited to comment on whether the usual 'vopros' (if I remember correctly) carries any helpful (or distracting) resonances. ..I'm currently knee-deep into VN's lecture on Joyce's Ulysses.More anon on whether VN's view that Ulysses is OVER-allusive influences in any remote way our debate on Pale Fire??

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