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Carolyn's Theory about VN's parents
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Carolyn,
Your theory about VN being the Hegelian synthesis of his dialectic parents
(if I've got my terms right) is very interesting to me. Have you also
considered the implications of the combination of VDN (VN's father), VVN,
and DVN (Dmitri) as regards the similarities and differences of their
various intellects, interests, aesthetic gifts, and life histories? I'm
thinking specifically of the musical gene that seems to have had place in
VDN, knight-jumped (well, almost; a knight-jump minus the "L"-shape's base)
VVN, and atavistically appeared in DVN. I'm sure there are many more, and
probably much more interesting, examples than mine. With all the recent talk
of "Father's Butterflies," I have to wonder if the foregoing has something
to do with a spherical, mirror-of-nature pointing to the Original of
Nabokov?
I would love to hear what better minds than mine have to say about this.
Best,
Matt Evans
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Your theory about VN being the Hegelian synthesis of his dialectic parents
(if I've got my terms right) is very interesting to me. Have you also
considered the implications of the combination of VDN (VN's father), VVN,
and DVN (Dmitri) as regards the similarities and differences of their
various intellects, interests, aesthetic gifts, and life histories? I'm
thinking specifically of the musical gene that seems to have had place in
VDN, knight-jumped (well, almost; a knight-jump minus the "L"-shape's base)
VVN, and atavistically appeared in DVN. I'm sure there are many more, and
probably much more interesting, examples than mine. With all the recent talk
of "Father's Butterflies," I have to wonder if the foregoing has something
to do with a spherical, mirror-of-nature pointing to the Original of
Nabokov?
I would love to hear what better minds than mine have to say about this.
Best,
Matt Evans
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