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Re: J. Mello re: bloody
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Jansy, you wrote:
it seems that VN was fascinated by the French Catholic martyr, Saint Joan.
> He wrote, somewhere, that one of the first names for "Lolita" was to have
> been "Juanita" ( a "Juanita Dark": Jeanne D' Arc). We alo know that Lolita
> shares with Lucette a redish "Boticcellian" hair color. Why do you think
> the "terrible" points to "Ivan", not to something about St.Joan?
Because St. Joan wasn't so terrible - was she? - that she could to be paired with "Dr. Sig Heiler" (i. e. Adolf Hitler), while the tsar Ivan (whom Stalin regarded as his "teacher") is a good company for him. As to "Juanita" as an ur-Lolita, Van was also "Juan" at first (see Strong Opinions, p. 310). But Lolita and Van Veen have nothing in common (except, perhaps, their birthday).
Alexey
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it seems that VN was fascinated by the French Catholic martyr, Saint Joan.
> He wrote, somewhere, that one of the first names for "Lolita" was to have
> been "Juanita" ( a "Juanita Dark": Jeanne D' Arc). We alo know that Lolita
> shares with Lucette a redish "Boticcellian" hair color. Why do you think
> the "terrible" points to "Ivan", not to something about St.Joan?
Because St. Joan wasn't so terrible - was she? - that she could to be paired with "Dr. Sig Heiler" (i. e. Adolf Hitler), while the tsar Ivan (whom Stalin regarded as his "teacher") is a good company for him. As to "Juanita" as an ur-Lolita, Van was also "Juan" at first (see Strong Opinions, p. 310). But Lolita and Van Veen have nothing in common (except, perhaps, their birthday).
Alexey
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