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From: "Greg Mackinnon" <Greg.Mackinnon@btopenworld.com>
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> Dear Tom,
>
> Nabokov's main quarrel with Cervantes was that the Spanish author seemed
to
> take great delight in humiliating his Knight of the Mournful Countenance
> whilst encouraging the reader to snigger along with him. VN highlights Don
> Quixote's essential emblematic purity and laments the shabby treatment he
> receives at the hands of his creator; he concludes that the Gaunt Hidalgo,
> silly as he undoubtably is, is ultimately undeserving of such scorn. As
> Brian Boyd has pointed out, VN wrote the novel PNIN as a polemic reply to
> DON QUIXOTE.
>
> Greg MacKinnon
> Glasgow, Scotland
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> From: "D. Barton Johnson" <chtodel@cox.net>
> To: <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
> Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 6:54 AM
> Subject: Fw: Fw: Miguel de Cervantes, William Shakespeare, and Vladimir
> Nabokov ...:World Book & Copyright Day
>
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Discobolus" <tom@discobolus.co.za>
> >
> > > Dear List,
> > >
> > > With regard to Miguel de Cervantes and VN (who evidently share a
> birthday
> > with Shakespeare) I seem to recall something about "Old McNab"
> lecturing
> > on "Don Quixote" -- and taking delight in demolishing "that crude and
> > cruel old book." can anybody enlighten us on why VN had such a down on
> Don
> > Miguel's books?
> > >
> > > Tom Rymour
> > >-------------------------------
> > >
> > > > To honor and give renewed respect for the contributions of those
who
> > further
> > > > the social and cultural progress of humanity, a World Book and
> > Copyright Day
> > > > is celebrated yearly on April 23, a symbolic date for world
> literature,
> > > > because it is the birth date of such prominent authors such as
Miguel
> > de
> > > > Cervantes, William Shakespeare, and Vladimir Nabokov, and is
> therefore
> > a
> > > > popular choice to pay a worldwide tribute to books and authors.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
From: "Greg Mackinnon" <Greg.Mackinnon@btopenworld.com>
>
> ----------------- Message requiring your approval (55
lines) ------------------
> Dear Tom,
>
> Nabokov's main quarrel with Cervantes was that the Spanish author seemed
to
> take great delight in humiliating his Knight of the Mournful Countenance
> whilst encouraging the reader to snigger along with him. VN highlights Don
> Quixote's essential emblematic purity and laments the shabby treatment he
> receives at the hands of his creator; he concludes that the Gaunt Hidalgo,
> silly as he undoubtably is, is ultimately undeserving of such scorn. As
> Brian Boyd has pointed out, VN wrote the novel PNIN as a polemic reply to
> DON QUIXOTE.
>
> Greg MacKinnon
> Glasgow, Scotland
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "D. Barton Johnson" <chtodel@cox.net>
> To: <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
> Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 6:54 AM
> Subject: Fw: Fw: Miguel de Cervantes, William Shakespeare, and Vladimir
> Nabokov ...:World Book & Copyright Day
>
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Discobolus" <tom@discobolus.co.za>
> >
> > > Dear List,
> > >
> > > With regard to Miguel de Cervantes and VN (who evidently share a
> birthday
> > with Shakespeare) I seem to recall something about "Old McNab"
> lecturing
> > on "Don Quixote" -- and taking delight in demolishing "that crude and
> > cruel old book." can anybody enlighten us on why VN had such a down on
> Don
> > Miguel's books?
> > >
> > > Tom Rymour
> > >-------------------------------
> > >
> > > > To honor and give renewed respect for the contributions of those
who
> > further
> > > > the social and cultural progress of humanity, a World Book and
> > Copyright Day
> > > > is celebrated yearly on April 23, a symbolic date for world
> literature,
> > > > because it is the birth date of such prominent authors such as
Miguel
> > de
> > > > Cervantes, William Shakespeare, and Vladimir Nabokov, and is
> therefore
> > a
> > > > popular choice to pay a worldwide tribute to books and authors.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
>