Subject: Re: [NABOKV-L] Matches, Nabokov, and the Chavchavadzes
From: "jansymello" <[email-masked]>
To: "Vladimir Nabokov Forum" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 12:18:33 -0400

Re: [NABOKV-L] Matches, Nabokov, and the ChavchavadzesCarolyn and List,

Yes! Symmetry seems to be a fit word for a special kind of structure
achieved by VN ( the poem Pale Fire, for one). 
I even extended my hypothesis about "mirrors and doubles" to include
them among his descriptions of symmetry since I always keep in mind that
VN was a nature scientist and symmetry may be considered as an
expression of the "natural" ( with all the deceiving games that arise
from our confidence its regularity)
Jansy
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Carolyn Kunin 
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  Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 12:45 PM
  Subject: Re: [NABOKV-L] Matches, Nabokov, and the Chavchavadzes

  The Russian author Vladimir Nabokov, whose novels are full of symmetry
...

  Is this true? I have noticed a tendency to dualities, mirror imagery
and bi-partite structure (at least in Lolita), but symmetry? 

  Carolyn

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