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Re: E.B. White's _Charlotte's Web_ (fwd)
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From: Donald Barton Johnson <chtodel@humanitas.ucsb.edu>
A note. Knowing of the E.B.White-VN connection I read _Charlotte's
Web_ some months ago looking for VN allusions (or vice versa). I vaguely
recall doing a note for NABOKV-l reporting my negative findings. I look
forward to seeing White's note.
D. Barton Johnson
Department of Germanic, Slavic and Semitic Studies
Phelps Hall
University of California at Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
Phone and Fax: (805) 687-1825
Home Phone: (805) 682-4618
On Fri, 5 Mar 1999, Galya Diment wrote:
> From: SarahFunke@AOL.com
>
> It might interest list readers to know that White wrote a letter to VN
> describing in great detail the spider that became the protagonist of
> CHARLOTTE'S WEB. White hoped that VN's lepidopteral knowledge extended
> into the arachnids (it didn't). The letter will be on display during the
> New York Public LIbrary's exhibition running from April 23 through August
> this year.
>
> SarahFunke@AOL.com
>
A note. Knowing of the E.B.White-VN connection I read _Charlotte's
Web_ some months ago looking for VN allusions (or vice versa). I vaguely
recall doing a note for NABOKV-l reporting my negative findings. I look
forward to seeing White's note.
D. Barton Johnson
Department of Germanic, Slavic and Semitic Studies
Phelps Hall
University of California at Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
Phone and Fax: (805) 687-1825
Home Phone: (805) 682-4618
On Fri, 5 Mar 1999, Galya Diment wrote:
> From: SarahFunke@AOL.com
>
> It might interest list readers to know that White wrote a letter to VN
> describing in great detail the spider that became the protagonist of
> CHARLOTTE'S WEB. White hoped that VN's lepidopteral knowledge extended
> into the arachnids (it didn't). The letter will be on display during the
> New York Public LIbrary's exhibition running from April 23 through August
> this year.
>
> SarahFunke@AOL.com
>