Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0010935, Mon, 17 Jan 2005 12:48:17 -0800

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Re: Fw: Shade of Shape poem,
was Signs and Symbols: "sane"% poet i magination
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From Brian Boyd------------
>I used to make that comparison when I taught Pale Fire in a graduate class
>in the 80s, and think I saw it earlier. I suspect it may be intentional, and
>a pleasing additional touch, but what can one do with it, beyond saying it\'s
>VN\'s best butterfly drawing?
>
>Brian Boyd
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<sorry for my very strange english>

What can one do?

One can look up in internetnet either Vanessa/Disa has two upper wings
smaller? and so on... One can look at Pale fire as a litlle book
[very little, say, 5 centimeter long] for kids, enthomological book, about
one butterfly {my little soft joke vision}
Or simple that now John Shade is in a higher state o being, in other
form of being... [worm -> butterfly]


Tomasz :)

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