Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0005502, Tue, 3 Oct 2000 10:03:21 -0700

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Fw: Fw: John Ruskin (fwd)
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EDITOR's NOTE. I suspect a close reading of Compton MacKenzie's work might
shed some light on VN in general. Good topic for investigation.


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> >> > An interesting coincidence.
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> >> > Kiran
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> Kiran refers to the Ruskin/Lolita passages... I have noticed, but not had
> time to pursue, a similar phenomenon with Evelyn Waugh and his
> predecessor Compton MacKenzie. Is it a cultural commonality, or
> something once read, that remains in the memory and returns unnoticed as
> one's own phrase?
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> Alexander Justice * justice@ucla.edu * www.empirenet.com/~jahvah
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> Graduate Student * Information Studies * UCLA
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