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EDNOTE. An abstract of Lara Delage-Toriel's 2000 Cambridge doctoral
dissertation _Ultraviolet Darlings: Representations of Women in Nabokov's
Prose Fiction_ may be found in the NABOKV-L
Archive.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Lara Delage" <larotlarette@hotmail.com>
>
>
> A belated addendum to the Barnes-Nabokov question:
> about a year ago,the University of the Sorbonne invited Julian Barnes to
> come and talk about Flaubert's Parrot. Asked whether Braithwaite, the
> novel's main protagonist and narrator, had ever 'taken over', Barnes
> answered using Nabokov's 'galley slaves' sally. The wording of the
question,
> as well as its answer, made me wonder whether Barnes hadn't actually asked
> to be asked that question, thus aping the game Nabokov had played with
> Herbert Gold in September 1966 (funnily enough, Barnes' answer actually
> echoed the Nabokovian answer which had leapt into my mind as soon as I'd
> heard the question).
> Despite the fact that Barnes obviously admires Nabokov, I don't find
> comparisons between both authors very rewarding, possibly because Barnes'
> cross-culturalism is more sedate, his manipulation of language much less
> sophisticated and his characters often less tortured and more melancholic.
> Besides,during that same question session, Barnes called Braithwaite 'a
sort
> of Larkiny character' after having addressed a much more vocal compliment
to
> the British poet Philip Larkin.
> There is an article in the French periodical QUWERTY (written in English,
if
> I remember well; 2001)which develops a comparison between Barnes' and
> Nabokov's conceptions of biography, autobiography, etc. along
postmodernist
> lines. I wasn't very convinced, and haven't got the references in mind,
but
> can easily get hold of the article if someone's interested.
>
> Lara Delage-Toriel
>
>
>
> >From: "D. Barton Johnson" <chtodel@cox.net>
> >Reply-To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
> >To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
> >Subject: Fw: Nabokoviana & Julian Barnes
> >Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2003 12:00:53 -0700
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: Sergey Karpukhin
> >To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum
> >Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2003 9:26 AM
> >Subject: Nabokoviana & Barnes
> >
> >
> >The online version of the Novoye Literaturnoye Obozreniye has posted an
> >article (in Russian) concerning Herzen's "S togo berega" and Nabokov's
> >"Drugiye berega" (http://www.nlo.magazine.ru/scientist/90.html).
> >
> >I've read Barnes's collection of short stories "Cross Channel" which is
> >dedicated to "Britain's long relationships with France". There's no trace
> >of Nabokov, although the VN-ridden reader may find "Gnossienne" similar
to
> >"The Visit to the Museum" and "Tunnel" to "Time and Ebb". I offer my
> >belated thanks to Professor Boyd and Ellen Pifer for their help.
> >
> >Sincerely,
> >Sergey Karpukhin
>
>
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dissertation _Ultraviolet Darlings: Representations of Women in Nabokov's
Prose Fiction_ may be found in the NABOKV-L
Archive.
>> >
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lara Delage" <larotlarette@hotmail.com>
>
>
> A belated addendum to the Barnes-Nabokov question:
> about a year ago,the University of the Sorbonne invited Julian Barnes to
> come and talk about Flaubert's Parrot. Asked whether Braithwaite, the
> novel's main protagonist and narrator, had ever 'taken over', Barnes
> answered using Nabokov's 'galley slaves' sally. The wording of the
question,
> as well as its answer, made me wonder whether Barnes hadn't actually asked
> to be asked that question, thus aping the game Nabokov had played with
> Herbert Gold in September 1966 (funnily enough, Barnes' answer actually
> echoed the Nabokovian answer which had leapt into my mind as soon as I'd
> heard the question).
> Despite the fact that Barnes obviously admires Nabokov, I don't find
> comparisons between both authors very rewarding, possibly because Barnes'
> cross-culturalism is more sedate, his manipulation of language much less
> sophisticated and his characters often less tortured and more melancholic.
> Besides,during that same question session, Barnes called Braithwaite 'a
sort
> of Larkiny character' after having addressed a much more vocal compliment
to
> the British poet Philip Larkin.
> There is an article in the French periodical QUWERTY (written in English,
if
> I remember well; 2001)which develops a comparison between Barnes' and
> Nabokov's conceptions of biography, autobiography, etc. along
postmodernist
> lines. I wasn't very convinced, and haven't got the references in mind,
but
> can easily get hold of the article if someone's interested.
>
> Lara Delage-Toriel
>
>
>
> >From: "D. Barton Johnson" <chtodel@cox.net>
> >Reply-To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
> >To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
> >Subject: Fw: Nabokoviana & Julian Barnes
> >Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2003 12:00:53 -0700
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: Sergey Karpukhin
> >To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum
> >Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2003 9:26 AM
> >Subject: Nabokoviana & Barnes
> >
> >
> >The online version of the Novoye Literaturnoye Obozreniye has posted an
> >article (in Russian) concerning Herzen's "S togo berega" and Nabokov's
> >"Drugiye berega" (http://www.nlo.magazine.ru/scientist/90.html).
> >
> >I've read Barnes's collection of short stories "Cross Channel" which is
> >dedicated to "Britain's long relationships with France". There's no trace
> >of Nabokov, although the VN-ridden reader may find "Gnossienne" similar
to
> >"The Visit to the Museum" and "Tunnel" to "Time and Ebb". I offer my
> >belated thanks to Professor Boyd and Ellen Pifer for their help.
> >
> >Sincerely,
> >Sergey Karpukhin
>
>
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