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Re: Donald Harington, Ekaterina (fwd)
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EDITORIAL NOTE. Nassim Berdjis <nwberdjis@ucdavis.edu>, author of a
forthcoming book on Nabokov, offers the following "finding aid" to
Nabokov references in Donald Harington's novel _EKATERINA_. The novel,
among much else, is a parodic inversion of the "Lolita" theme. Harington,
best known as the author of several novels set in the semi-mythical Ozark
hamlet of "Stay More," is a vocal admirer of Nabokov's writing. Clarence
Brown's review of EKATERINA may be found in issue #1 (1994) of NABOKOV
STUDIES.
As the NABOKV-L preview of the World Wide Web Nabokov page listed the opening
chapters of Donald Harington's novel EKATERINA (New York: Harcourt-Brace,
1993), I will not include quotations from the novel in this message.
The following list provides page numbers of Nabokov references and
allusions in the novel: 7, 42, 60 (anagrams), 81, 83, 92 (allusion to
Speak, Memory ?), 102, 105, 109, 132, 134, 142-43, 157, 180, 184
(Webster's 2nd), 197 (Webster's 2nd), 213, 222, 228 (ending of Dar),
231, 233, 236-37, 259, 305, 306, 346, 350, 355, 356, 359, 365, 373.
I hope that these page numbers will be of help for those who want to
quickly locate the Nabokov allusions in the novel.
Nassim W. Berdjis
English Department
University of California Davis
Davis, CA 95616
(916) 750-2759 (h)
forthcoming book on Nabokov, offers the following "finding aid" to
Nabokov references in Donald Harington's novel _EKATERINA_. The novel,
among much else, is a parodic inversion of the "Lolita" theme. Harington,
best known as the author of several novels set in the semi-mythical Ozark
hamlet of "Stay More," is a vocal admirer of Nabokov's writing. Clarence
Brown's review of EKATERINA may be found in issue #1 (1994) of NABOKOV
STUDIES.
As the NABOKV-L preview of the World Wide Web Nabokov page listed the opening
chapters of Donald Harington's novel EKATERINA (New York: Harcourt-Brace,
1993), I will not include quotations from the novel in this message.
The following list provides page numbers of Nabokov references and
allusions in the novel: 7, 42, 60 (anagrams), 81, 83, 92 (allusion to
Speak, Memory ?), 102, 105, 109, 132, 134, 142-43, 157, 180, 184
(Webster's 2nd), 197 (Webster's 2nd), 213, 222, 228 (ending of Dar),
231, 233, 236-37, 259, 305, 306, 346, 350, 355, 356, 359, 365, 373.
I hope that these page numbers will be of help for those who want to
quickly locate the Nabokov allusions in the novel.
Nassim W. Berdjis
English Department
University of California Davis
Davis, CA 95616
(916) 750-2759 (h)