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But Nabokov himself didn't claim it was a great poem -- simply the
greatest 'invented' poem. A distinction with a difference, I think,
considering how the small number of such works limits the field.
On Nov 6, 2006, at 9:56 PM, NABOKV-L wrote:
> It's more of a game to him, a chess problem
> to work out. Thus, we are not bound to consider the author's
> relationship to his poem as a factor in considering its merits.
> We can judge the poem by its purely internal merits.
Steven
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greatest 'invented' poem. A distinction with a difference, I think,
considering how the small number of such works limits the field.
On Nov 6, 2006, at 9:56 PM, NABOKV-L wrote:
> It's more of a game to him, a chess problem
> to work out. Thus, we are not bound to consider the author's
> relationship to his poem as a factor in considering its merits.
> We can judge the poem by its purely internal merits.
Steven
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