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EDNOTE. Below is the first reaction to "ADAonline," the highlight of the
April 23 birthday observances. The initial phase of the project covers the
opening three chapters of the novels and will be updated frequently. . The
URL is http://www.libraries.psu.edu/nabokov/ada/index.htm. I have appended
the project's description following Dane Gill's posting. This is a landmark
event in Nabokov studies. NABOKV-L thanks Brian Boyd, Jeff Edmunds, and the
Nabokov Estate for making this project possible.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Dane Gill" <pennyparkerpark@hotmail.com>
To: <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
> The new Ada online on line is amazing! I simply love this site. One
request
> however, perhaps a link to a "printable version" of the annotations would
be
> helpful. Matching the two texts together would be easier (I find anyway).
> One of the top 5 sites on the web for sure.
> Dane
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Boyd (FOA ENG)" <b.boyd@auckland.ac.nz>
To: "'D. Barton Johnson '" <chtodel@cox.net>
Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 12:40 PM
Subject: RE: ADAonline
ADAonline announcement
Today, April 23, 2004, Nabokov's 105th birthday, Brian Boyd's "Annotations
to Ada" becomes available on the Internet in revised and expanded form as
ADAonline, at http://www.libraries.psu.edu/nabokov/ada/index.htm.
The online version has been designed and digitized by Jeff Edmunds, as part
of his award-winning ZEMBLA site, with the support of Penn State University
Libraries.
Thanks to the generosity of Dmitri Nabokov and the Nabokov Estate, ADAonline
will eventually include the entire text of Ada. On-screen, the text retains
the page and line numbers of the first and Vintage editions, with page and
line numbers indicated in the margins. Users may move by hyperlink from the
text (in a frame at top left) to the annotations (in a frame below), and
from the annotations either back to the text or to either the Motif Index
or, eventually, illustrations, especially of paintings and flora and fauna
(in a frame at top right). Illustrations will be added as copyright
clearances are obtained.
ADAonline so far includes only the first three chapters of Ada and
annotations. Other chapters will come online as soon as coded, except that
the online version will remain two years behind the latest instalment
available in the Nabokovian (the notes to Part I Chapter 22 will be in the
mail to subscribers within a couple of weeks).
Because preparing the text for the Web is a monumental task, collaborators
are sought to assist with the coding. Volunteers should have a good working
knowledge of HTML. Inquiries should be directed to Jeff Edmunds
(jhe2@psulias.psu.edu).
It was always recognized that the version in the Nabokovian was
provisional, and that part of its raison-d'etre was to solicit corrections
and additions from readers. All contributors are acknowledged on ADAonline.
Because the first chapter lacked the Forenote and Afternote that
subsequent instalments feature, because it is such a complex chapter,
because the methodology of the notes was still being worked out, because
some of the Motifs had yet to be identified, and because contributors
offered generous additional information, the ADAonline version is almost
twice the length of the Nabokovian version. In most cases the online version
is expected to be about 5-10% ampler than the print version.
But that depends in part on the number of additional contributions received.
These are again invited and will all be acknowledged. If substantial enough,
they could also be sent to the notes section of the Nabokovian (currently to
Professor Priscilla Meyer, pmeyer@wesleyan.edu ).
ADAonline is a project of ZEMBLA, and is supported by donations to the
Nabokov Program Fund. All contributions to the fund are tax deductible as
allowed by US tax law. To contribute to the fund, contact Jeff Edmunds
(jhe2@psulias.psu.edu).
Corrections, suggestions and other feedback welcome: about the design of
ADAonline, to Jeff Edmunds, about content, to Brian Boyd
(b.boyd@auckland.ac.nz).
April 23 birthday observances. The initial phase of the project covers the
opening three chapters of the novels and will be updated frequently. . The
URL is http://www.libraries.psu.edu/nabokov/ada/index.htm. I have appended
the project's description following Dane Gill's posting. This is a landmark
event in Nabokov studies. NABOKV-L thanks Brian Boyd, Jeff Edmunds, and the
Nabokov Estate for making this project possible.
--------------------------
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dane Gill" <pennyparkerpark@hotmail.com>
To: <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
> The new Ada online on line is amazing! I simply love this site. One
request
> however, perhaps a link to a "printable version" of the annotations would
be
> helpful. Matching the two texts together would be easier (I find anyway).
> One of the top 5 sites on the web for sure.
> Dane
----------------------------------------------
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Boyd (FOA ENG)" <b.boyd@auckland.ac.nz>
To: "'D. Barton Johnson '" <chtodel@cox.net>
Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 12:40 PM
Subject: RE: ADAonline
ADAonline announcement
Today, April 23, 2004, Nabokov's 105th birthday, Brian Boyd's "Annotations
to Ada" becomes available on the Internet in revised and expanded form as
ADAonline, at http://www.libraries.psu.edu/nabokov/ada/index.htm.
The online version has been designed and digitized by Jeff Edmunds, as part
of his award-winning ZEMBLA site, with the support of Penn State University
Libraries.
Thanks to the generosity of Dmitri Nabokov and the Nabokov Estate, ADAonline
will eventually include the entire text of Ada. On-screen, the text retains
the page and line numbers of the first and Vintage editions, with page and
line numbers indicated in the margins. Users may move by hyperlink from the
text (in a frame at top left) to the annotations (in a frame below), and
from the annotations either back to the text or to either the Motif Index
or, eventually, illustrations, especially of paintings and flora and fauna
(in a frame at top right). Illustrations will be added as copyright
clearances are obtained.
ADAonline so far includes only the first three chapters of Ada and
annotations. Other chapters will come online as soon as coded, except that
the online version will remain two years behind the latest instalment
available in the Nabokovian (the notes to Part I Chapter 22 will be in the
mail to subscribers within a couple of weeks).
Because preparing the text for the Web is a monumental task, collaborators
are sought to assist with the coding. Volunteers should have a good working
knowledge of HTML. Inquiries should be directed to Jeff Edmunds
(jhe2@psulias.psu.edu).
It was always recognized that the version in the Nabokovian was
provisional, and that part of its raison-d'etre was to solicit corrections
and additions from readers. All contributors are acknowledged on ADAonline.
Because the first chapter lacked the Forenote and Afternote that
subsequent instalments feature, because it is such a complex chapter,
because the methodology of the notes was still being worked out, because
some of the Motifs had yet to be identified, and because contributors
offered generous additional information, the ADAonline version is almost
twice the length of the Nabokovian version. In most cases the online version
is expected to be about 5-10% ampler than the print version.
But that depends in part on the number of additional contributions received.
These are again invited and will all be acknowledged. If substantial enough,
they could also be sent to the notes section of the Nabokovian (currently to
Professor Priscilla Meyer, pmeyer@wesleyan.edu ).
ADAonline is a project of ZEMBLA, and is supported by donations to the
Nabokov Program Fund. All contributions to the fund are tax deductible as
allowed by US tax law. To contribute to the fund, contact Jeff Edmunds
(jhe2@psulias.psu.edu).
Corrections, suggestions and other feedback welcome: about the design of
ADAonline, to Jeff Edmunds, about content, to Brian Boyd
(b.boyd@auckland.ac.nz).