Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0005979, Wed, 23 May 2001 09:37:40 -0700

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[Fwd: VIRUS in Senior Thesis on Pale Fire: POSSIBLE
VIRUSINFESTATION!]]
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"A. Drescher" wrote:

> This message was originally submitted by drescher@BCN.NET to the NABOKV-L list
> at LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU.
>
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> More data on what this virus does would be appreciated by those of us who have
> tried unsuccessfully to download these files.
> ANDrescher
>
> "D. Barton Johnson" wrote:
>
> > EDITOR's NOTE. NABOKV-l thanks Charles Cave for the warning. I advise that
> > nobody try to download Tom Nguyen's Pale Fire senior thesis at
> > www.stanford.edu/~miles until the matter is clarified.
> > ----------------------------
> >
> > Charles Cave wrote:
> >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I tried downloaded the thesis described in the email below, but was told the
> > > file contained a virus. I have contacted Tom Nguyen telling him of this,
> > > and requesting a copy of the document in Word or PDF format.
> > >
> > > Kind regards,
> > > Charles Cave
> > > Sydney, Australia
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: D. Barton Johnson [mailto:chtodel@gte.net]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, 22 May 2001 9:53
> > > To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
> > > Subject: [Fwd: Senior Thesis on Pale Fire]
> > >
> > > EDITOR's NOTE. NABOKV-L thanks Tom Ngyuen for the information below.
> > > ----------------------------
> > > Tom Nguyen wrote:
> > >
> > > > This message was originally submitted by miles@STANFORD.EDU to the Hey
> > > Folks
> > > >
> > > > I just finished my thesis on Pale Fire. It's called "Fictionality,
> > > > Interpretation, and Despair in Nabokov's Pale Fire".
> > > > It offers a discussion on the Kinbote-Shade debate and Boyd's recent book
> > > of
> > > > solution, and a new reading of the novel that hopefully provides some
> > > > basis for more progressive understandings of it.
> > > >
> > > > It's posted on my website in MacBinary and BinHex formats:
> > > >
> > > > www.stanford.edu/~miles
> > > >
> > > > I'd love to hear feedback, especially from scholars who have published
> > > > articles or books about Pale Fire.
> > > >
> > > > Tom Nguyen
> > > >
> > > > __________________________________________
> > > > TOM NGUYEN PO Box 14795
> > > > miles@stanford.edu Stanford, CA 94309
> > > > Kairos 110 (650) 497-3623