Subject
RES: [NABOKV-L] THOUGHTS: Gradus anagrams
From
Date
Body
Stan Kelly to Matt on " pulling out arbitrary strings of text and juggling
their letters is unlikely to contribute to serious literary analysis.
Nabokov indulges in many forms of word play (puns, mis-allusions,
rhyming-slang, acrostics, spoonerisms, anagrams) insignificant and
short-lived tics and tricks. Future generations will be as puzzled as we are
today by Shakespeare's dated verbal jokes!"
JM: Perhaps jokes are quicker to get dated because here language is at its
most lively, malicious and versatile? To dwell on them too long for decoding
is worse than teasing out Freudian recondite Viennese symbols.
Stan has acquainted me with aibophobia, but I lack the correct reference
right now: I'm sure it's not indicative of spelling mistakes in an ideogram.
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
Visit "Nabokov Online Journal:" http://www.nabokovonline.com
Manage subscription options: http://listserv.ucsb.edu/