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Surely, in ordinary English, "the big bad world".
Anthony Stadlen
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existential, phenomenological search for truth in psychotherapy
See
"Existential Psychotherapy & Inner Circle Seminars" at
_http://anthonystadlen.blogspot.com/_ (http://anthonystadlen.blogspot.com/) for programme of
future Inner Circle Seminars and complete archive of past seminars
In a message dated 11/07/2010 20:30:19 GMT Daylight Time, nabokv-l@UTK.EDU
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Re: [NABOKV-L] [NABOKOV-L] Michael Maar's "Speak,Nabokov"
From:
"Klop, Philip" _<p.klop@students.uu.nl>_ (mailto:p.klop@students.uu.nl)
Date:
Sun, 11 Jul 2010 01:51:42 +0200
To:
Vladimir Nabokov Forum _<NABOKV-L@listserv.ucsb.edu>_
(mailto:NABOKV-L@listserv.ucsb.edu)
Die Schöne Böse Welt refers to the German expression Die große böse Welt
which means something akin to "The big and dangerous world" or "The big and
evil world". The expression stems from children's literature and is used
when a small child is exposed to the overwhelmingly big outside world; thus
stressing some sort of clash between the small, good child in his safe home
and the big, evil and dangerous world awaiting him outside.
- Philip Klop
2010/7/10 Jansy <_jansy@aetern.us_ (mailto:jansy@aetern.us) >
Ross Benjamin won an important award as the translator of Michael Maar's
original book about Nabokov. I wonder, though, if he is not being considered
more as Maar's ghost-writer into English for the world of American readers
and critics?
The Verso edition acknowledges the following:
This edition was first published by Verso 2009.
(c) Verso 2009
Translation Ross Benjamin (c)2009.
First published as Solus Rex: Die Schöne Böse Welt des Vladimir Nabokov.
Berlin Verlag 2007.
All rights reserved
How many English readers are informed that the title of Maar's book is
"Solus Rex: The Beautiful Malevolent World of Vladimir Nabokov" ? (my
translation of it is controversial: what's the intended meaning of "Böse"? Angry?)
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Anthony Stadlen
"Oakleigh"
2A Alexandra Avenue
GB - London N22 7XE
Tel.: +44 (0) 20 8888 6857
Email: stadlen@aol.com
Founder (in 1996) and convenor of the Inner Circle Seminars: an ethical,
existential, phenomenological search for truth in psychotherapy
See
"Existential Psychotherapy & Inner Circle Seminars" at
_http://anthonystadlen.blogspot.com/_ (http://anthonystadlen.blogspot.com/) for programme of
future Inner Circle Seminars and complete archive of past seminars
In a message dated 11/07/2010 20:30:19 GMT Daylight Time, nabokv-l@UTK.EDU
writes:
Subject:
Re: [NABOKV-L] [NABOKOV-L] Michael Maar's "Speak,Nabokov"
From:
"Klop, Philip" _<p.klop@students.uu.nl>_ (mailto:p.klop@students.uu.nl)
Date:
Sun, 11 Jul 2010 01:51:42 +0200
To:
Vladimir Nabokov Forum _<NABOKV-L@listserv.ucsb.edu>_
(mailto:NABOKV-L@listserv.ucsb.edu)
Die Schöne Böse Welt refers to the German expression Die große böse Welt
which means something akin to "The big and dangerous world" or "The big and
evil world". The expression stems from children's literature and is used
when a small child is exposed to the overwhelmingly big outside world; thus
stressing some sort of clash between the small, good child in his safe home
and the big, evil and dangerous world awaiting him outside.
- Philip Klop
2010/7/10 Jansy <_jansy@aetern.us_ (mailto:jansy@aetern.us) >
Ross Benjamin won an important award as the translator of Michael Maar's
original book about Nabokov. I wonder, though, if he is not being considered
more as Maar's ghost-writer into English for the world of American readers
and critics?
The Verso edition acknowledges the following:
This edition was first published by Verso 2009.
(c) Verso 2009
Translation Ross Benjamin (c)2009.
First published as Solus Rex: Die Schöne Böse Welt des Vladimir Nabokov.
Berlin Verlag 2007.
All rights reserved
How many English readers are informed that the title of Maar's book is
"Solus Rex: The Beautiful Malevolent World of Vladimir Nabokov" ? (my
translation of it is controversial: what's the intended meaning of "Böse"? Angry?)
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