Thanks for the tip, Stan. You've been picking up VN-L! You, your
critical acumen, have been sorely missed...
JM
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2013 06:11
Assunto: Re: [NABOKV-L] Forever
Emerald
Jansy: lotsa clues if you google Quercus ruslan Chat.,
Note the capital C and
full-stop in Chat., indicating an abbreviated proper noun. This makes
Chateaubriand a tad more plausible than cat!
Stan Kelly-Bootle
On 19/04/2013 02:29, "Jansy" <jansy@AETERN.US>
wrote:
C. Kunin: The legendary oak appears in the
prolog to Pushkin's first popular success, his fairy tale epic 'Russlan
and Ludmilla', a famous opera by Glinka based thereon is still beloved
of many (V Markov's favorite composer, by the way). The poema is
referred to by Pushkin himself in the second stanza of E.O.: I don't
recall 'Pushkin's poem in Ada, but assume it must be a fragment of
R & L. How to relate the one to the other is something someone else
will have to undertake.
Jansy Mello: Quoting - "
The first item in
the evil series had projected one of Van’s initial impressions of Ardis
Manor at an angle that differed from that of his own recollection. Its area
lay between the shadow of a calèche darkening the gravel and the white step
of a pillared porch shining in the sun [ ].Then came several
preparatory views of the immediate grounds: the colutea circle, an avenue,
the grotto’s black O, and the hill, and the big chain around the trunk of
the rare oak, Quercus ruslan Chat., and a number of other spots meant
to be picturesque by the compiler of the illustrated pamphlet but looking a
little shabby owing to inexperienced photography.". These references were discussed in the List by
Sklyarenko et alii. Chat = cat? Chateaubriand?
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