Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0007714, Sun, 6 Apr 2003 17:25:27 -0700

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From: "Andrew Brown" <as-brown@comcast.net>
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> The observation that dreams take place in remembered locales certainly
> precedes both Freud and Nabokov by many centuries.
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> > EDNOTE. As an aside--among the unpublished VN papers there is a "dream
> > diary' from the sixties in which was, inter alia, trying to test the
> > theories of J.W. Dunne, a British enthusiast who tries to use dream
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> > to argue that time was no linear but circumambient. There are traces
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> > Dunne's theories in ADA. A Russian scholar (Glushanok?) has written
about
> > this.
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> > From: "Aline & Alexander" <drescher@bcn.net>
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> > > Further question might be: which works of Freud did Nabokov read? and
> > > did his opinions react to those of adulatory disciples. Probably
> > > neither dream theorist got it right concerning the purpose of
dreaming,
> > > while each made similar but also unique observations on how dreams are
> > > formed. Nabokov, but not Freud, identified that dreams take place [are
> > > staged] in actual, remembered locales.
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> > > -Sandy Drescher
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