Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0012381, Tue, 28 Feb 2006 09:20:00 -0000

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Re: [Fwd: Idle thoughts on Incest]
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Chapter 5 of my 'Pseudonymous Shakespeare (just published by Ashgate)
discusses literary treatment of sibling incest by Philip and Mary Sidney. I
believe Nabokov based a great deal of Ada on Philip's Astrophel and Stella
and on his Arcadia. Best wishes, Penny McC.

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