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"you" in forward
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In same forward Kinbote frequently talks to the reader. He also says:
"Your snicker, my dear Mrs. C., did not escape our notice as I was helping
the tired old poet to find galoches ."
From this should we assume that all uses of possessive pronominal (the one
CK points out, to Mrs.C and to any reader) refer to the same person? Not at
all - just that Kinbote is not reliable source when it comes to respecting
opinions of others. Part two is favorite part of Kinbote himself and in his
habitual pretense he assumes that it must be a favorite of *any* reader.
After all "it is the commentator who has the last word". In subtle way, it
all comes to which way one pulls one of many red herrings left by Nabokov.
Whatever theory one builds in respect to PF one should assess final result -
split personality just does not compute well in the end, as designers among
us may say.
- George
>Here's another question for all of you who doubt - - who does Kinbote
address on the very first page of the foreword when he refers to "Canto II,
your favorite"? Is this not John Shade addressing Sybil? And if not, then
who?
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"Your snicker, my dear Mrs. C., did not escape our notice as I was helping
the tired old poet to find galoches ."
From this should we assume that all uses of possessive pronominal (the one
CK points out, to Mrs.C and to any reader) refer to the same person? Not at
all - just that Kinbote is not reliable source when it comes to respecting
opinions of others. Part two is favorite part of Kinbote himself and in his
habitual pretense he assumes that it must be a favorite of *any* reader.
After all "it is the commentator who has the last word". In subtle way, it
all comes to which way one pulls one of many red herrings left by Nabokov.
Whatever theory one builds in respect to PF one should assess final result -
split personality just does not compute well in the end, as designers among
us may say.
- George
>Here's another question for all of you who doubt - - who does Kinbote
address on the very first page of the foreword when he refers to "Canto II,
your favorite"? Is this not John Shade addressing Sybil? And if not, then
who?
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