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Browsing MySpace (or, rather, HerSpace) reveals an Iris Acht with 515
friends! She lists her favourite authors as
Nobokov [sic], Camus, Kafka, Sun Tsu, Charles Bukowski, W.Burroughs, Douglas
Adams, E.A.Poe, Lautreamont, Heracletus [sic], Oscar Wilde, Andre Bretton
[sic], Marcel Proust, Charles Baudelair [sic]
In spite of the misspellings, one might guess that Iris has borrowed her
pseudonym from her first choice of writer. However, unlike her forsaken
namesake, she seems to be enjoying a fun-packed life with many putative
Thurguses, and reading all (well nearly all) the right books! If I were
facing a ³spot the odd-one out² contest, my guess would be Isadore Ducasse
Lautreamont
Clayton: given Nabokov¹s love of Joyce¹s Ulysses and penchant for linguistic
games, there can be little doubt he is reminding astute readers that Ms Acht
is close to being Irish, with that typical Paddy¹s slur and inevitable
echoes of the ill-fated Isolde and her Liebestod.
Seriously and no offence: best wishes in your Pale Fire allusion research. I
was unaware of the exciting Iris Acht connections.
Stan Kelly-Bootle.
On 14/01/2010 16:20, "Carolyn Kunin" <chaiselongue@EARTHLINK.NET> wrote:
> Clayton Smith on Iris Acht... Translated,³acht² would have a meaning akin to
> the authoritative command, ³Pay attention!² Given Nabokov¹s knowledge of
> German and penchant for linguistic games, there can be little doubt that he is
> telling astute readers in no uncertain terms to look at this passage, and
> specifically Iris Acht, very carefully."
>
>
> Dear Mr Smith,
>
> Please don't forget the original Iris Acht - - an unfortunate actress who dies
> young in a wild novel, the victim of a gray villain.
>
> Carolyn Kunin
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friends! She lists her favourite authors as
Nobokov [sic], Camus, Kafka, Sun Tsu, Charles Bukowski, W.Burroughs, Douglas
Adams, E.A.Poe, Lautreamont, Heracletus [sic], Oscar Wilde, Andre Bretton
[sic], Marcel Proust, Charles Baudelair [sic]
In spite of the misspellings, one might guess that Iris has borrowed her
pseudonym from her first choice of writer. However, unlike her forsaken
namesake, she seems to be enjoying a fun-packed life with many putative
Thurguses, and reading all (well nearly all) the right books! If I were
facing a ³spot the odd-one out² contest, my guess would be Isadore Ducasse
Lautreamont
Clayton: given Nabokov¹s love of Joyce¹s Ulysses and penchant for linguistic
games, there can be little doubt he is reminding astute readers that Ms Acht
is close to being Irish, with that typical Paddy¹s slur and inevitable
echoes of the ill-fated Isolde and her Liebestod.
Seriously and no offence: best wishes in your Pale Fire allusion research. I
was unaware of the exciting Iris Acht connections.
Stan Kelly-Bootle.
On 14/01/2010 16:20, "Carolyn Kunin" <chaiselongue@EARTHLINK.NET> wrote:
> Clayton Smith on Iris Acht... Translated,³acht² would have a meaning akin to
> the authoritative command, ³Pay attention!² Given Nabokov¹s knowledge of
> German and penchant for linguistic games, there can be little doubt that he is
> telling astute readers in no uncertain terms to look at this passage, and
> specifically Iris Acht, very carefully."
>
>
> Dear Mr Smith,
>
> Please don't forget the original Iris Acht - - an unfortunate actress who dies
> young in a wild novel, the victim of a gray villain.
>
> Carolyn Kunin
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