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From: "Phillip Iannarelli" <iann88us@yahoo.com>
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> Who said it was VN that chose the epigraph about
> Hodge? Maybe it was Kinbote since it's so wacky yet
> pertinent to the story.
>
> Phil Iannarelli
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> > From: "Morris, John" <MorrisJ@cisnet.org>
> > >
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> > > Does anyone know, or surmise, why VN chose that
> > passage as PALE FIRE's
> > > epigraph?
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: D. Barton Johnson [mailto:chtodel@cox.net]
> > > Sent: Friday, April 11, 2003 2:16 PM
> > > To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
> > > Subject: Fw: Hodge the Cat and Houghmagandy...
> > >
> > >
> > > EDNOTE. For those who may have forgotten: "This
> > reminds me of the
> > ludicrous
> > > account he gave Mr. Langton, of the dispicable
> > state of a young gentleman
> > of
> > > good family. "Sir, when I heard of him last, he
> > was running about town
> > > shooting cats." And then in a sort of kindly
> > reverie, h bethought himself
> > of
> > > hisown favorite cat, and said, "But Hodge shan't
> > be shot: no, no, Hodge
> > > shall not be shot."
> > > ------Boswell's _Life of Johnson_ Epigraph to VN's
> > PALE FIRE.
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Discobolus" <tom@discobolus.co.za>
> > > To: "D. Barton Johnson" <chtodel@cox.net>
> > > Sent: Friday, April 11, 2003 10:56 AM
> > > Subject: Hodge the Cat and Houghmagandy...
> > >
> > >
> > > > Dear List..
> > > >
> > > > The statue of Hodge was unveiled in September
> > 1997 by the Lord Mayor of
> > > London. The work of sculptor Jon Buckley, it sits
> > in Gough Square, facing
> > > No 17, where Dr Johnson worked on his dictionary.
> > The house is a museum
> > > today, with a souvenir shop where you can buy a
> > miniature of the Hodge
> > > statue. The square is just off Fleet Street. For
> > further details try:
> > > >
> > > > http://www.moggies.co.uk/stories/finecat.html
> > > >
> > > > I also attach another extract from "The
> > X-Crystals," in which two of my
> > > characters speculate about VN's Lallans
> > vocabulary. This SF novel has an
> > > epigraph from "Ada," which Brian Boyd was good
> > enough to pinpoint for me,
> > a
> > > complete stranger. Thanks again, Brian.
> > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > Tom (Rymour)
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
>
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From: "Phillip Iannarelli" <iann88us@yahoo.com>
>
> ----------------- Message requiring your approval (82
lines) ------------------
> Who said it was VN that chose the epigraph about
> Hodge? Maybe it was Kinbote since it's so wacky yet
> pertinent to the story.
>
> Phil Iannarelli
-------------------------------
-----
> > From: "Morris, John" <MorrisJ@cisnet.org>
> > >
> > > ----------------- Message requiring your approval
> > (45
> > lines) ------------------
> > > Does anyone know, or surmise, why VN chose that
> > passage as PALE FIRE's
> > > epigraph?
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: D. Barton Johnson [mailto:chtodel@cox.net]
> > > Sent: Friday, April 11, 2003 2:16 PM
> > > To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
> > > Subject: Fw: Hodge the Cat and Houghmagandy...
> > >
> > >
> > > EDNOTE. For those who may have forgotten: "This
> > reminds me of the
> > ludicrous
> > > account he gave Mr. Langton, of the dispicable
> > state of a young gentleman
> > of
> > > good family. "Sir, when I heard of him last, he
> > was running about town
> > > shooting cats." And then in a sort of kindly
> > reverie, h bethought himself
> > of
> > > hisown favorite cat, and said, "But Hodge shan't
> > be shot: no, no, Hodge
> > > shall not be shot."
> > > ------Boswell's _Life of Johnson_ Epigraph to VN's
> > PALE FIRE.
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Discobolus" <tom@discobolus.co.za>
> > > To: "D. Barton Johnson" <chtodel@cox.net>
> > > Sent: Friday, April 11, 2003 10:56 AM
> > > Subject: Hodge the Cat and Houghmagandy...
> > >
> > >
> > > > Dear List..
> > > >
> > > > The statue of Hodge was unveiled in September
> > 1997 by the Lord Mayor of
> > > London. The work of sculptor Jon Buckley, it sits
> > in Gough Square, facing
> > > No 17, where Dr Johnson worked on his dictionary.
> > The house is a museum
> > > today, with a souvenir shop where you can buy a
> > miniature of the Hodge
> > > statue. The square is just off Fleet Street. For
> > further details try:
> > > >
> > > > http://www.moggies.co.uk/stories/finecat.html
> > > >
> > > > I also attach another extract from "The
> > X-Crystals," in which two of my
> > > characters speculate about VN's Lallans
> > vocabulary. This SF novel has an
> > > epigraph from "Ada," which Brian Boyd was good
> > enough to pinpoint for me,
> > a
> > > complete stranger. Thanks again, Brian.
> > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > Tom (Rymour)
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
>
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