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However, VN said that religion was a boring topic for him...
I remember, in Pale Fire, that Shade was bit irritated by a Kinbote's
reference to St Augustin. In Ada, in his discussion on Time, Van evokes
very quickly St Augustin and the theme of eternity. So, I never read
cette Leçon littéraire sur VN, and I wonder if religion is, or not,
a "hidden" theme of the huge masterpiece Ada.
AA
-----Original Message-----
From: "Donald B. Johnson" <chtodel@gss.ucsb.edu>
Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2004 14:02:24 -0800
Subject: Re: FW: Ada & Eden
> Refering to Carolyns feeling about "religion in Ada"
> I recommend a french book called "Leçon littéraire sur
> Vladimir Nabokov, de la Méprise à Ada", (Literature
> lesson about VN from Despair to Ada) (Paris, Presses
> universitaires de France, collection Major, 1995), by
> Jocelyn Maixent.
> The author makes an inventory of biblic themes and
> hints scattering through the novel.
> For instance :
> -the apple is always links to Ada/Van couple ;
> -"ada" in russian means "hell" (cf. Aquas letter in
> Part one, chapter 3 in fine)
> -Ardis is an edenic place : explicit reference to the
> snake and Knowledge tree at the end of chapter 9 (part
> one)
> -the name of "Ardis Hall" sounds both like "Paradise"
> and "Hell"
> -some letters of "Adam & Eve" are mixed and reversed
> in "Ada & Van",
>
> and so on. The whole book is interesting.
>
> Best regards
>
> Olivia Cham
>
>
> --- "Donald B. Johnson" <chtodel@gss.ucsb.edu> wrote:
>
> > ----- Forwarded message from
> > chaiselongue@earthlink.net -----
> > Date: Wed, 03 Nov 2004 08:49:23 -0800
> > From: Carolyn <chaiselongue@earthlink.net>
> >
> >
> > Dear Don,
> >
> > I noted recently that I felt a neglected motif in
> > Ada was RELIGION - - and
> > listening to a lecture on Paradise Lost, I heard
> > something that struck me as
> > perhaps being relevant. The lecturer stated that
> > some critics came to think
> > that in Eden Milton was portraying the New World &,
> > the lecturer continued,
> > his own opinion is that both Eden & Pandemonium
> > (haha!) are two New Worlds.
> >
> > I thought that was very interesting.
> >
> > Carolyn
> >
> > ----- End forwarded message -----
> >
>
>
>
>
>
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I remember, in Pale Fire, that Shade was bit irritated by a Kinbote's
reference to St Augustin. In Ada, in his discussion on Time, Van evokes
very quickly St Augustin and the theme of eternity. So, I never read
cette Leçon littéraire sur VN, and I wonder if religion is, or not,
a "hidden" theme of the huge masterpiece Ada.
AA
-----Original Message-----
From: "Donald B. Johnson" <chtodel@gss.ucsb.edu>
Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2004 14:02:24 -0800
Subject: Re: FW: Ada & Eden
> Refering to Carolyns feeling about "religion in Ada"
> I recommend a french book called "Leçon littéraire sur
> Vladimir Nabokov, de la Méprise à Ada", (Literature
> lesson about VN from Despair to Ada) (Paris, Presses
> universitaires de France, collection Major, 1995), by
> Jocelyn Maixent.
> The author makes an inventory of biblic themes and
> hints scattering through the novel.
> For instance :
> -the apple is always links to Ada/Van couple ;
> -"ada" in russian means "hell" (cf. Aquas letter in
> Part one, chapter 3 in fine)
> -Ardis is an edenic place : explicit reference to the
> snake and Knowledge tree at the end of chapter 9 (part
> one)
> -the name of "Ardis Hall" sounds both like "Paradise"
> and "Hell"
> -some letters of "Adam & Eve" are mixed and reversed
> in "Ada & Van",
>
> and so on. The whole book is interesting.
>
> Best regards
>
> Olivia Cham
>
>
> --- "Donald B. Johnson" <chtodel@gss.ucsb.edu> wrote:
>
> > ----- Forwarded message from
> > chaiselongue@earthlink.net -----
> > Date: Wed, 03 Nov 2004 08:49:23 -0800
> > From: Carolyn <chaiselongue@earthlink.net>
> >
> >
> > Dear Don,
> >
> > I noted recently that I felt a neglected motif in
> > Ada was RELIGION - - and
> > listening to a lecture on Paradise Lost, I heard
> > something that struck me as
> > perhaps being relevant. The lecturer stated that
> > some critics came to think
> > that in Eden Milton was portraying the New World &,
> > the lecturer continued,
> > his own opinion is that both Eden & Pandemonium
> > (haha!) are two New Worlds.
> >
> > I thought that was very interesting.
> >
> > Carolyn
> >
> > ----- End forwarded message -----
> >
>
>
>
>
>
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> Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page.
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