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Fw: [NABOKV-L] solving and revolving G, K, S ...my conclusion
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Re: [NABOKV-L] solving for G, K, SCarolyn Kunin answered a question telling us that it "brings up the rather surprising fact that the plot of Pale Fire is not at all unrealistic. It is certainly more believable than J&H in that the transformation from one personality to the other(s) doesn't depend on magical chemicals - - simply on not terribly unlikely psycho-sexual problems and cerebral hemorrhage."
For months I'd been entertaining her hypothesis concerning John Shade& Kinbote&Gradus taken as one individual but questioning her like some kind of "devil's advocate".
Suddenly it dawned on me that it is impossible that Shade could also be Kinbote/Gradus.
While I was navigating on the internet from Artic to Antartic, thinking about muscovite snooty-green glass and Kinbote's annoyance with school-boys in rowanspool pullovers I realized that there was no internet at the time "Pale Fire" was written in America.
John Shade is a rather provincial American poet. So ... how could he impersonate Kinbote? Psychotic breakdowns never improve one's cultural references and syntax.
Jansy
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For months I'd been entertaining her hypothesis concerning John Shade& Kinbote&Gradus taken as one individual but questioning her like some kind of "devil's advocate".
Suddenly it dawned on me that it is impossible that Shade could also be Kinbote/Gradus.
While I was navigating on the internet from Artic to Antartic, thinking about muscovite snooty-green glass and Kinbote's annoyance with school-boys in rowanspool pullovers I realized that there was no internet at the time "Pale Fire" was written in America.
John Shade is a rather provincial American poet. So ... how could he impersonate Kinbote? Psychotic breakdowns never improve one's cultural references and syntax.
Jansy
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