In a message dated 11/4/2009 8:26:59 PM Central Standard Time, clayton.smith42@GMAIL.COM writes:
http://www.libraries.psu.edu/nabokov/socher.htm
The material regarding frost starts about half way down. In particular, the quoted poem "Of a Winter Evening" is a fairly strong tie. While Frost was not the only model for Shade, Nabokov was certainly very aware of the man and his work, having lived almost in his shadow--renting Frost's house (a la Kinbote's habituation) and appearing along with him at several poetry readings.
~cs
VN rented Frost's house? This is news to me. Would Brian Boyd comment?
As far as I can tell, VN shared a reading with Frost once, at an event at a Silene's Department Store (was it in Boston?) where VN read "An Evening of Russian Poetry" as an opening act. Apparently they also met at a party at one point where RF was "rude" to VN. This is about it, as far as I can recall. I stand to be corrected.
I can't imagine what VN would have said re. Frost's trip to "debate" with Nikita in Russia.
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