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Questions on journals inspired by the discovery of Edsel Ford poem
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Susan Elizabeth Sweeney wrote:
> [EDNOTE. Congratulations to Matthew on his discovery!
Seconded!
I find it really remarkable that after more than 40 years in
which so much has been written on /Pale Fire/, only a small
minority of readers knew that Ford was a real poet, and possibly
nobody had found the poem until now.
> It would be nice
> to see this insight, and various others contributed by other
subscribers
> of late, refined, polished, and submitted for publication in The
> Nabokovian, Nabokov Studies, or elsewhere. SES]
Is there some place where non-academics can see what would be
involved in refining and what these two publications are looking
for? And, just to take hypothetical examples, is there a
reasonable chance that either publication would be interested
in a timeline or in a list of discrepancies and impossibilities
in Kinbote's parts of the book? How would I know?
Is the answer the one that so many literary magazines give?
"You will probably want to acquire a copy of our magazine to
see what we're looking for."
I (or anyone) could put a link in the Wikipedia article on
/Pale Fire/ to Matthew's post in the archives. Is it good
etiquette to wait till he publishes in a journal (if he does)?
This last question is just for my curiosity, since Matthew
probably already knows the answer: if he decides to publish his
find, would quoting the whole poem be a copyright violation?
Jerry Friedman
[EDNOTE. In response to your first question, I would imagine that the
Nabokovian, Nabokov Studies, or the Zembla website might be very
interested in publishing a PF timeline. Because they are edited by
Nabokov scholars, moreover, you would probably receive a quicker and
more substantive response to a query. You can find information on how
to contact all three at Zembla. Good luck! SES]
Search the archive: http://listserv.ucsb.edu/archives/nabokv-l.html
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
> [EDNOTE. Congratulations to Matthew on his discovery!
Seconded!
I find it really remarkable that after more than 40 years in
which so much has been written on /Pale Fire/, only a small
minority of readers knew that Ford was a real poet, and possibly
nobody had found the poem until now.
> It would be nice
> to see this insight, and various others contributed by other
subscribers
> of late, refined, polished, and submitted for publication in The
> Nabokovian, Nabokov Studies, or elsewhere. SES]
Is there some place where non-academics can see what would be
involved in refining and what these two publications are looking
for? And, just to take hypothetical examples, is there a
reasonable chance that either publication would be interested
in a timeline or in a list of discrepancies and impossibilities
in Kinbote's parts of the book? How would I know?
Is the answer the one that so many literary magazines give?
"You will probably want to acquire a copy of our magazine to
see what we're looking for."
I (or anyone) could put a link in the Wikipedia article on
/Pale Fire/ to Matthew's post in the archives. Is it good
etiquette to wait till he publishes in a journal (if he does)?
This last question is just for my curiosity, since Matthew
probably already knows the answer: if he decides to publish his
find, would quoting the whole poem be a copyright violation?
Jerry Friedman
[EDNOTE. In response to your first question, I would imagine that the
Nabokovian, Nabokov Studies, or the Zembla website might be very
interested in publishing a PF timeline. Because they are edited by
Nabokov scholars, moreover, you would probably receive a quicker and
more substantive response to a query. You can find information on how
to contact all three at Zembla. Good luck! SES]
Search the archive: http://listserv.ucsb.edu/archives/nabokv-l.html
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