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Anamorphosis in Nabokov at the Limits
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I've missed most of the discussion of anamorphosis and anamorphic
images, so I apologize if this has already been mentioned: The topic is
pretty thoroughly covered in Ralph Ciancio, "Nabokov's Painted
Parchments," in _Nabokov at the Limits_ (ed. Lisa Zunshine; Garland
1999), 235-69, esp. 252-64. The article is well illustrated and includes
a photograph of a real-life nonnonic pair (curvilinear anamorphic
butterfly picture and accompanying cylindrical mirror), an example of a
type of optical toy that "circulated in shops during Nabokov's
childhood" (259).
Mary Bellino
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images, so I apologize if this has already been mentioned: The topic is
pretty thoroughly covered in Ralph Ciancio, "Nabokov's Painted
Parchments," in _Nabokov at the Limits_ (ed. Lisa Zunshine; Garland
1999), 235-69, esp. 252-64. The article is well illustrated and includes
a photograph of a real-life nonnonic pair (curvilinear anamorphic
butterfly picture and accompanying cylindrical mirror), an example of a
type of optical toy that "circulated in shops during Nabokov's
childhood" (259).
Mary Bellino
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