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EDNOTE. Interesting theory since some of the works had yet to be written
before SKn's titles. There are certainly examples of foreshadowed plots,
e.g., Zina's step-father in the GIFT proposes the plot of THE ENCHANTER or
LOLITA. One problem with the proposal is that VN often changed novel title
in the writing process.
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From: "sam schuman" <schumans@mrs.umn.edu>
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> I always assumed that most of Sebastian's oeuvre had a parodic relation
> with VN's. Thus, SK's autobiography "Lost Property" seems not unlike
> "Speak Memory," his story "Albinos in Black" is not without a link to
> "Laughter in the Dark." "The Doubtful Asphodel," with its "unnamed
country
> of terror and misery" sounds like "Bend Sinister" or "Invitation to a
> Beheading." "The Funny Mountain," the title of both a short story and a
> collection seems a bit like "Details of a Sunset."
>
> "The Prismatic Bezel" always sounded to me somewhat akin, as a title, to
> "Camera Obscura." But the contents, "a rollicking parody of the setting of
> a detective tale" in which "the heroes of the book are what can be loosely
> called "methods of composition" look forward somewhat to "Lolita" and
"Pale
> Fire."
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> Sam
>
> Samuel Schuman
> Chancellor
> The University of Minnesota, Morris
> Morris, MN 56267
> schumans@mrs.umn.edu
> 320-589-6020
>
>
>
before SKn's titles. There are certainly examples of foreshadowed plots,
e.g., Zina's step-father in the GIFT proposes the plot of THE ENCHANTER or
LOLITA. One problem with the proposal is that VN often changed novel title
in the writing process.
----- Original Message -----
From: "sam schuman" <schumans@mrs.umn.edu>
>
> ----------------- Message requiring your approval (24
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> I always assumed that most of Sebastian's oeuvre had a parodic relation
> with VN's. Thus, SK's autobiography "Lost Property" seems not unlike
> "Speak Memory," his story "Albinos in Black" is not without a link to
> "Laughter in the Dark." "The Doubtful Asphodel," with its "unnamed
country
> of terror and misery" sounds like "Bend Sinister" or "Invitation to a
> Beheading." "The Funny Mountain," the title of both a short story and a
> collection seems a bit like "Details of a Sunset."
>
> "The Prismatic Bezel" always sounded to me somewhat akin, as a title, to
> "Camera Obscura." But the contents, "a rollicking parody of the setting of
> a detective tale" in which "the heroes of the book are what can be loosely
> called "methods of composition" look forward somewhat to "Lolita" and
"Pale
> Fire."
>
> Sam
>
> Samuel Schuman
> Chancellor
> The University of Minnesota, Morris
> Morris, MN 56267
> schumans@mrs.umn.edu
> 320-589-6020
>
>
>