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Thanks to Tom and Michael for these interesting connections.
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Brian Howell
On Wed, 9 Feb 2005 19:29:17 -0800, "Donald B. Johnson"
<chtodel@gss.ucsb.edu> said:
> Although I did not notice Nabokovian echoes in "Shroud", the earlier
> companion
> novel, "Eclipse", has a clear reference to "Lolita" and perhaps other
> Nabokov
> works. There is a Lolita-like girl (although no pedophilia) and a ghost
> plot
> that has parallels to certain theories about Hazel Shade's role in "Pale
> Fire."
>
> For what it's worth, in interviews Banville has acknowledged Nabokov's
> influence.
>
> Tom Walker
>
> Quoting "Donald B. Johnson" <chtodel@gss.ucsb.edu>:
>
> > ----- Forwarded message from mmillea@ifone.com -----
> > Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 18:57:20 -0000 (GMT)
> > From: Michael Millea <mmillea@ifone.com>
> >
> >
> >
> > Here is Nabokov-de Man link. Nabokov left Cornell in January 1959, and
> > Paul de Man, with his newly minted Harvard doctorate, was hired by Cornell
> > in 1960. Since de Man was a former Nazi and the author of a number of
> > shrill, trashy anti-Semitic diatribes, Nabokov, whose views on
> > anti-Semitism are well known, probably would have thought he left Cornell
> > at just the right time.
> >
> > Although I've never come across any evidence that Nabokov was even aware
> > of de Man, two of his creations, Professor Hagen and Bodo Falternfels,
> > give some indication that he must have bumped into similar postwar
> > flotsam.
> >
> > Michael
> >
> > > Andrew - you may be right there, though I just read a review and
> > > apparently the critic (?) Paul de Man was part-inspiration for the
> > > narrator. I wonder if there is a Nabokov-de Man link. That would be an
> > > interesting connection.
> > >
> > > Brian Howell
>
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Best
Brian Howell
On Wed, 9 Feb 2005 19:29:17 -0800, "Donald B. Johnson"
<chtodel@gss.ucsb.edu> said:
> Although I did not notice Nabokovian echoes in "Shroud", the earlier
> companion
> novel, "Eclipse", has a clear reference to "Lolita" and perhaps other
> Nabokov
> works. There is a Lolita-like girl (although no pedophilia) and a ghost
> plot
> that has parallels to certain theories about Hazel Shade's role in "Pale
> Fire."
>
> For what it's worth, in interviews Banville has acknowledged Nabokov's
> influence.
>
> Tom Walker
>
> Quoting "Donald B. Johnson" <chtodel@gss.ucsb.edu>:
>
> > ----- Forwarded message from mmillea@ifone.com -----
> > Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 18:57:20 -0000 (GMT)
> > From: Michael Millea <mmillea@ifone.com>
> >
> >
> >
> > Here is Nabokov-de Man link. Nabokov left Cornell in January 1959, and
> > Paul de Man, with his newly minted Harvard doctorate, was hired by Cornell
> > in 1960. Since de Man was a former Nazi and the author of a number of
> > shrill, trashy anti-Semitic diatribes, Nabokov, whose views on
> > anti-Semitism are well known, probably would have thought he left Cornell
> > at just the right time.
> >
> > Although I've never come across any evidence that Nabokov was even aware
> > of de Man, two of his creations, Professor Hagen and Bodo Falternfels,
> > give some indication that he must have bumped into similar postwar
> > flotsam.
> >
> > Michael
> >
> > > Andrew - you may be right there, though I just read a review and
> > > apparently the critic (?) Paul de Man was part-inspiration for the
> > > narrator. I wonder if there is a Nabokov-de Man link. That would be an
> > > interesting connection.
> > >
> > > Brian Howell
>
> ----- End forwarded message -----
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