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RSGwynn: "There is an entry on VN in The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Poetry, ed. Ian Hamilton, 1994. The entry was written by [D]ana [G]ioia."
JM: A Nabokovian don once wrote to me that "without Google he'd have a hard time finding his pants in the morning." In my case, I'd be merely panting away, prone to the same mistakes I've just made: I'd meant to bring up "The Oxford Book of Humorous Prose," and "The Oxford Book of Contemporary Verse 1945-1980 (chosen by D.J.Enright) which I had by my side instead of the "Companion" series!
RSGwynn: "Shade isn't rustic, not even rural, just born and bred suburban and academic. A college town in "Appalachia" doesn't differ much from one in upstate New York or one in Georgia or one, I suspect, in northern New Mexico..."
JM: I suppose that "rustic poets" belong to a define group, something like "Country Music"? When I considered Shade a "provincial poet" I hope I made it clear that I was merely describing his perspective towards the world and society. A lifelong dedication to Pope and academic articles doesn't change anything concerning his particular outlook. In this respect Shade is completely different from Nabokov - who affirmed that there was a lot in common bt. him and his fictional poet, and from Frost as well. I fear I'd attribute a parodic intention only to VN, not to Shade.
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JM: A Nabokovian don once wrote to me that "without Google he'd have a hard time finding his pants in the morning." In my case, I'd be merely panting away, prone to the same mistakes I've just made: I'd meant to bring up "The Oxford Book of Humorous Prose," and "The Oxford Book of Contemporary Verse 1945-1980 (chosen by D.J.Enright) which I had by my side instead of the "Companion" series!
RSGwynn: "Shade isn't rustic, not even rural, just born and bred suburban and academic. A college town in "Appalachia" doesn't differ much from one in upstate New York or one in Georgia or one, I suspect, in northern New Mexico..."
JM: I suppose that "rustic poets" belong to a define group, something like "Country Music"? When I considered Shade a "provincial poet" I hope I made it clear that I was merely describing his perspective towards the world and society. A lifelong dedication to Pope and academic articles doesn't change anything concerning his particular outlook. In this respect Shade is completely different from Nabokov - who affirmed that there was a lot in common bt. him and his fictional poet, and from Frost as well. I fear I'd attribute a parodic intention only to VN, not to Shade.
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