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Thank you, Mary. Belochkin - of course. But what longer name is Mire/Mira short
for? Mirabelle? Are you thinking of the first love in Russia?
I wonder if antisemitism & philo-Semitism (a sort of anti-shiksa-appeal) didn't
play a role in VN's attraction to Vera Slonim? Perhaps he would never have
married his first love, or perhaps she would never have married the son of a
'Jew lover' like Nabokov pere?
By the way, for the remarkable history of philojudaism in Britain, read Barbara
Tuchman's The Bible and the Sword.
Carolyn
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From: Mary H. Efremov <mbutterfly549@AOL.COM>
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Sent: Wed, February 27, 2013 7:00:18 PM
Subject: Re: [NABOKV-L] Pnin's own Vladimir?
mira belochkin hides a piece of the squirrel motif, and mire is likely a
diminutive from a longer name, it was a tender love he cherished his whole life.
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From: Carolyn Kunin <chaiselongue@ATT.NET>
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Subject: [NABOKV-L] Pnin's own Vladimir?
To the List Members,
I think perhaps Pnin is my favorite Nabokov - character and novel. Deceptively
simple, devious and beautiful. Victor is a close second. Perhaps being female, I
prefer masculine characters.
That having been said, let me also say that the relationship between Pnin and
Miss Belkina (her first name escapes me) may very well be similar to that
between Vladimir and Vera. Although you wouldn't think so.
That aside, I recently acquired Nabokov's own copy of Pnin - at least that is
what it appears to me to be. The inscription reads:
Vladimir Nabokov
March 1957
Simpson Hall
Is there a Simpson Hall at Waindell, I mean, Wellesley?
Carolyn
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for? Mirabelle? Are you thinking of the first love in Russia?
I wonder if antisemitism & philo-Semitism (a sort of anti-shiksa-appeal) didn't
play a role in VN's attraction to Vera Slonim? Perhaps he would never have
married his first love, or perhaps she would never have married the son of a
'Jew lover' like Nabokov pere?
By the way, for the remarkable history of philojudaism in Britain, read Barbara
Tuchman's The Bible and the Sword.
Carolyn
________________________________
From: Mary H. Efremov <mbutterfly549@AOL.COM>
To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
Sent: Wed, February 27, 2013 7:00:18 PM
Subject: Re: [NABOKV-L] Pnin's own Vladimir?
mira belochkin hides a piece of the squirrel motif, and mire is likely a
diminutive from a longer name, it was a tender love he cherished his whole life.
-----Original Message-----
From: Carolyn Kunin <chaiselongue@ATT.NET>
To: NABOKV-L <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
Sent: Wed, Feb 27, 2013 1:18 pm
Subject: [NABOKV-L] Pnin's own Vladimir?
To the List Members,
I think perhaps Pnin is my favorite Nabokov - character and novel. Deceptively
simple, devious and beautiful. Victor is a close second. Perhaps being female, I
prefer masculine characters.
That having been said, let me also say that the relationship between Pnin and
Miss Belkina (her first name escapes me) may very well be similar to that
between Vladimir and Vera. Although you wouldn't think so.
That aside, I recently acquired Nabokov's own copy of Pnin - at least that is
what it appears to me to be. The inscription reads:
Vladimir Nabokov
March 1957
Simpson Hall
Is there a Simpson Hall at Waindell, I mean, Wellesley?
Carolyn
Google Search the archive Contact the Editors Visit "Nabokov Online Journal"
Visit Zembla View Nabokv-L Policies Manage subscription options Visit AdaOnline
View NSJ Ada Annotations Temporary L-Soft Search the archive
All private editorial communications are read by both co-editors.
Google Search the archive Contact the Editors Visit "Nabokov Online Journal"
Visit Zembla View Nabokv-L Policies Manage subscription options Visit AdaOnline
View NSJ Ada Annotations Temporary L-Soft Search the archive
All private editorial communications are read by both co-editors.
Search archive with Google:
http://www.google.com/advanced_search?q=site:listserv.ucsb.edu&HL=en
Contact the Editors: mailto:nabokv-l@utk.edu,nabokv-l@holycross.edu
Visit Zembla: http://www.libraries.psu.edu/nabokov/zembla.htm
View Nabokv-L policies: http://web.utk.edu/~sblackwe/EDNote.htm
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