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Dear List Memebers,
Has anyone else noticed the contradictory logic of B. Boyd and his
loyal defenders in regard to the role of Hazel Shade in <Pale
Fire>?
On the one hand we are told by Jerry Friedman that Boyd never
<really> argued for the role for the dead girl's ghost in
wriiting/inspiring <Pale Fire> or "Pale Fire".
On the other hand we are told with unconvincing muse-ings such as that
from R.S. Gwynn that, if in fact Boyd did so argue (as most would agree
he did), he was right.
I agree with Jansy that they are wrong on both counts. I think the
problem is that Boyd (and many others) are too eager to offer a
"solution" to <Pale Fire> as if it were some crossword puzzle
rather than a luminous numinous work of art.
Ron Rosenbaum