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From: "Dane Gill" <pennyparkerpark@hotmail.com>
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> Greetings
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> Is the poem in the novel, Pale Fire, supposed to be a demonstration of
> poetic genuis? Is the poem itself a represntation of Shade's straitforward
> style, lacking in genuis, and just another indication of Kinbote's
madness?
> I've discussed this before (not here) to no avail. Basically what I'm
asking
> is this: Did Nabokov himself think the poem Pale Fire was a work of
genius?
>
> I've read (references elude me now - but something tells me it was Boyd,
> though not sure) that Pale Fire was actually the best poetry Nabokov could
> write. And as said in Strong Opinions, it was the most trouble he's ever
had
> with a piece of writing. I'm not very good at judging poetry (almost never
> reading it) and certainly not ones this long (a novel in verse?) can only
> give an invalid opinion here. Plae Fire strikes me as somewhat
typical -the
> style, the rhyming scheem- it's been done many times before. This is
> something not present is Nabokov's novels (though he writes very
poetical).
> As you have read, my opinion is weak and can easily be swayed with the
right
> arguments. This novel is so beautiful.
> Dane Gill
>
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From: "Dane Gill" <pennyparkerpark@hotmail.com>
> ----------------- Message requiring your approval (24
lines) ------------------
> Greetings
>
> Is the poem in the novel, Pale Fire, supposed to be a demonstration of
> poetic genuis? Is the poem itself a represntation of Shade's straitforward
> style, lacking in genuis, and just another indication of Kinbote's
madness?
> I've discussed this before (not here) to no avail. Basically what I'm
asking
> is this: Did Nabokov himself think the poem Pale Fire was a work of
genius?
>
> I've read (references elude me now - but something tells me it was Boyd,
> though not sure) that Pale Fire was actually the best poetry Nabokov could
> write. And as said in Strong Opinions, it was the most trouble he's ever
had
> with a piece of writing. I'm not very good at judging poetry (almost never
> reading it) and certainly not ones this long (a novel in verse?) can only
> give an invalid opinion here. Plae Fire strikes me as somewhat
typical -the
> style, the rhyming scheem- it's been done many times before. This is
> something not present is Nabokov's novels (though he writes very
poetical).
> As you have read, my opinion is weak and can easily be swayed with the
right
> arguments. This novel is so beautiful.
> Dane Gill
>
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