J.A. In my Library of America
edition of the book, pg. 53, the title to Goodman's biography reads The Tragedy
of Sebastian Knight, with the article out front, and also lists it that way on
page 49 as well [Re: The book "V" is writing...is named "The Real
Life of Sebastian Knight". Mr. Goodman's biography received the title "Tragedy
of Sebastian Knight."]
JM: Three distinct editions of VN's
novel do not carry the article and my "Library of America" edition (
1966), from a collection of "Novels and Memoirs 1941-1951, advised and
annotated by Brian Boyd, on page 4, doesn't refer to "The Tragedy". It offers
only: "Tragedy of Sebastian Knight." A proliferating
oversight?