Content-Type: message/rfc822 Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 12:18:33 -0400 From: "jansymello" To: "Vladimir Nabokov Forum" Subject: Re: [NABOKV-L] Matches, Nabokov, and the Chavchavadzes Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="=__Part2C086AC9.1__=" --=__Part2C086AC9.1__= Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=__Part2C086AC9.2__=" --=__Part2C086AC9.2__= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU 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 Search the Nabokv-L archive at UCSB Contact the Editors All private editorial communications, without exception, are read by both co-editors. Visit Zembla View Nabokv-L Policies Search the archive: http://listserv.ucsb.edu/archives/nabokv-l.html Contact the Editors: mailto:nabokv-l@utk.edu,nabokv-l@holycross.edu Visit Zembla: http://www.libraries.psu.edu/nabokov/zembla.htm View Nabokv-L policies: http://web.utk.edu/~sblackwe/EDNote.htm Search the archive: http://listserv.ucsb.edu/archives/nabokv-l.html Contact the Editors: mailto:nabokv-l@utk.edu,nabokv-l@holycross.edu Visit Zembla: http://www.libraries.psu.edu/nabokov/zembla.htm View Nabokv-L policies: http://web.utk.edu/~sblackwe/EDNote.htm --=__Part2C086AC9.2__= Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: HTML Re: [NABOKV-L] Matches, Nabokov, and the Chavchavadzes
Carolyn 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
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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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