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Akexey's post holds much of interest. I especially thank him for
bringing Kuzmin's 3-volume (!) study of Cagliostro to my
attention. I have had an interest in that intriguing gentleman
since I became acquainted with Pushkin's Tale of The Queen of
Spades. Kuzmin too I find a fascinating character and anyone
interested in the so called Silver Age of Russian Literature will
find the article in Wikipedia enlightening. Turns out that Kuzmin
was a student of Rimsky-Korsakov and a talented musician. His
relationships with other artists of his time are intriguing and if
all that weren't enough, Nabokov gets a mention. I doubt the
Encyclopedia Britannica can top that.
Carolyn
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On Sat, Sep 21, 2013 1:02 PM PDT Alexey Sklyarenko wrote:
>
COROSO* + SIRIN = CORSO ORSINI (a street at Gandora, in the
Tessin, that Vadim crosses a few moments before he gets
paralized).
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>In Kuzmin's Kryl'ya (The Wings, 1908) the Roman street Corso
is mentioned. The novella's characters include the musical critic
Orsini and Vanya Smurov, a youth whose name brings to mind Smurov,
the narrator and main character in The Eye, and Vanya (Varvara's
strange diminutive), the girl with whom Smurov is in love.
According to Roman Bogdanovich (a character in The Eye), Smurov is
"a sexual lefty." Kuzmin (1875-1936), a poet, prose writer and
composer was openly gay. Several characters in LATH (including,
perhaps, Iris's brother Ivor Black) are "sexual lefties."
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>KALIOSTRO + LESKOV = KALI + OSTROV + LESKO
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