Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0012902, Sat, 1 Jul 2006 15:31:28 +0100

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Re: VN's Dismissals
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On 29/6/06 13:32, "Nabokv-L" <nabokv-l@UTK.EDU> wrote:

> Jansy: you write
>
> We can be almost sure that no "Auto de [da ‹ nyet?! -- skb] Fé" awaits these
> authors. I also fear that books, like "Ada, or Ardor" or Joyce's "Finnegans
> Wake" would prove rather difficult to memorize ( if  we had to rely on a
> solution like the one proposed by Ray Bradbury...)
>
> Many of us can indeed rattle off teems and tonnes of Finnegans Wake ‹ for all
> its encrypted excesses (as noted by VN), FW does have a melodic, memorable
> flow for the gaelic ear and gob. One might note the same Œformulaic¹ patterns
> that helped the Œpreliterate¹ Homeric bards.
>
> I would agree, though, that Ulysses and Ada offer similar challenges to
> memorizers.

Stan Kelly-Bootle

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