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In the story line of TT Hugh's dream is send by a ghost from the committee,
IMO it was the ghost of his Father. That is one of many examples of the
'committee effect' in TT.
- George
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Subject: Fwd: Re: sent dreams?
Dear George,
Thanks for responding, but not one of these is an example of a dream sent to
a character from another deceased character.
As Jansy pointed out to me privately, God has been known to send dreams from
time to time, but that is not the same thing. Neither are prophetic dreams.
Nor messages in barns.
Even in "the Vane Sisters" the communications from the dead are sent to the
narrator while awake, so not in dreams. The more I look, the more it looks
like this concept is Alexey's invention.
Carolyn
> From: "Donald B. Johnson" <chtodel@gss.ucsb.edu>
> Reply-To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
> Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 08:01:26 -0700
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> Subject: Fwd: RE: sent dreams?
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> Hugh's dreaming of future fire with streetwalker from the past? Chapter
20,
> TT.
>
> Somewhat related to it are dreams on threshold of death. Like Pilgrim's
> dream from The Aurelian. This can be described as departing dream of a
> living to himself.
>
> As far as dreams go they are present in most of what Nabokov wrote. Art as
a
> form of dream - La Venziana?
>
> A wider topic would be 'Received dreams'.
>
> - George
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IMO it was the ghost of his Father. That is one of many examples of the
'committee effect' in TT.
- George
-----Original Message-----
From: Vladimir Nabokov Forum [mailto:NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU] On Behalf
Of Donald B. Johnson
Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2005 12:44 PM
To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
Subject: Fwd: Re: sent dreams?
Dear George,
Thanks for responding, but not one of these is an example of a dream sent to
a character from another deceased character.
As Jansy pointed out to me privately, God has been known to send dreams from
time to time, but that is not the same thing. Neither are prophetic dreams.
Nor messages in barns.
Even in "the Vane Sisters" the communications from the dead are sent to the
narrator while awake, so not in dreams. The more I look, the more it looks
like this concept is Alexey's invention.
Carolyn
> From: "Donald B. Johnson" <chtodel@gss.ucsb.edu>
> Reply-To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
> Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 08:01:26 -0700
> To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
> Subject: Fwd: RE: sent dreams?
>
> Hugh's dreaming of future fire with streetwalker from the past? Chapter
20,
> TT.
>
> Somewhat related to it are dreams on threshold of death. Like Pilgrim's
> dream from The Aurelian. This can be described as departing dream of a
> living to himself.
>
> As far as dreams go they are present in most of what Nabokov wrote. Art as
a
> form of dream - La Venziana?
>
> A wider topic would be 'Received dreams'.
>
> - George
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