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I believe the the Wilde character is acknowledged during the seance scene
of "The Vane Sisters."
Rodney Welch
Columbia, SC
On Thursday, August 12, 2004, at 11:53 PM, D. Barton Johnson wrote:
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> Date: Thursday, August 12, 2004 10:56 PM -0300
> From: Jansy Berndt de Souza Mello <jansy@aetern.us>
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> Subject: O. Wilde and Dorian Gray
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> ------------------ Dear Don,
>
> Our list is now quite far from "The Vane sisters" and "Pale Fire" (
> although we remain, as always, on themes like "the double" and
> "mirrors"),
> after I came across a long forgotten collection of novels by Oscar
> Wilde I
> began to wonder if VN could have been making some reference to Wilde´s
> unhappy character, Sybil Vane, when he chose these two names for his
> characters?
> I´m aware that both names carry associations that are much explored (
> Vane,
> like a weather-vane or as in "vain"; Sybil, mythological sooth-sayer)
> but
> its occurrence in this particular story of Wilde may serve to broaden
> the
> field of hidden references and associations when employed elsewhere.
> Has anyone explored this already? Does it make sense?
>
> I googled some quick reminder: Sybil Vane: The beautiful and talented
> actress with whom Dorian falls in love. The world of the theatre is
> all she
> has known, and when she falls in real love, she realizes the falsity
> of the
> stage, acting very poorly on the night that Dorian brings Basil and
> Henry to
> watch her. Dorian is crestfallen, and leaves her, telling her that he
> loved
> her for her beautiful talent. She kills herself the night he leaves,
> knowing
> that she can no longer live a false life when she has had real love.
>
> Jansy
>
>
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I believe the the Wilde character is acknowledged during the seance scene
of "The Vane Sisters."
Rodney Welch
Columbia, SC
On Thursday, August 12, 2004, at 11:53 PM, D. Barton Johnson wrote:
> ---------- Forwarded Message ----------
> Date: Thursday, August 12, 2004 10:56 PM -0300
> From: Jansy Berndt de Souza Mello <jansy@aetern.us>
> To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
> Subject: O. Wilde and Dorian Gray
>
> ------------------ Dear Don,
>
> Our list is now quite far from "The Vane sisters" and "Pale Fire" (
> although we remain, as always, on themes like "the double" and
> "mirrors"),
> after I came across a long forgotten collection of novels by Oscar
> Wilde I
> began to wonder if VN could have been making some reference to Wilde´s
> unhappy character, Sybil Vane, when he chose these two names for his
> characters?
> I´m aware that both names carry associations that are much explored (
> Vane,
> like a weather-vane or as in "vain"; Sybil, mythological sooth-sayer)
> but
> its occurrence in this particular story of Wilde may serve to broaden
> the
> field of hidden references and associations when employed elsewhere.
> Has anyone explored this already? Does it make sense?
>
> I googled some quick reminder: Sybil Vane: The beautiful and talented
> actress with whom Dorian falls in love. The world of the theatre is
> all she
> has known, and when she falls in real love, she realizes the falsity
> of the
> stage, acting very poorly on the night that Dorian brings Basil and
> Henry to
> watch her. Dorian is crestfallen, and leaves her, telling her that he
> loved
> her for her beautiful talent. She kills herself the night he leaves,
> knowing
> that she can no longer live a false life when she has had real love.
>
> Jansy
>
>
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>
>
> D. Barton Johnson
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