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EDNOTE. I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but my recollection
is that Robert Scholes amusing paper was a clever academic prank. I am sure
it did not appear in the conference proceedings, but am not certain that it
did not appear elsewhere.
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From: "Jan Kueveler" <jck2110@COLUMBIA.EDU>
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> In the Nabokovian, Nr. 29, Fall '92, in a collection of abstracts for the
> 2nd Conference on Nabokov in Nice I find the following entry:
>
> "Robert Scholes: 'Twins: Ernest and Vladimir, or Three Bathing Suits on a
> Line'
>
> "Nabokov once observed that Salvador Dali and Norman Rockwell were twins,
> one of whom had been spirited away by Gypsies at Birth. Taking this
> profound insight as my point of departure, I shall examine the voluminous
> evidence which forces us to recognize the same remarkable process of
> geminization at work in the lives and writing of Vladimir Nabokov and
> Ernest Hemingway. This Kinbotian exposition will be based upon actually
> existing and non-existing archival evidence of an impossibly conclusive
> sort, including versions of the same unpublished story by both writers."
>
> Hm, was this the entire joke or is there still more to it?
> In '92 I was still playing Cowboy and Indian and thus would warmly welcome
> any ancient advice.
> Thank you very much.
>
> Jan Kueveler, Columbia University (soon to be M.A.)
is that Robert Scholes amusing paper was a clever academic prank. I am sure
it did not appear in the conference proceedings, but am not certain that it
did not appear elsewhere.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jan Kueveler" <jck2110@COLUMBIA.EDU>
>
> ----------------- Message requiring your approval (21
lines) ------------------
> In the Nabokovian, Nr. 29, Fall '92, in a collection of abstracts for the
> 2nd Conference on Nabokov in Nice I find the following entry:
>
> "Robert Scholes: 'Twins: Ernest and Vladimir, or Three Bathing Suits on a
> Line'
>
> "Nabokov once observed that Salvador Dali and Norman Rockwell were twins,
> one of whom had been spirited away by Gypsies at Birth. Taking this
> profound insight as my point of departure, I shall examine the voluminous
> evidence which forces us to recognize the same remarkable process of
> geminization at work in the lives and writing of Vladimir Nabokov and
> Ernest Hemingway. This Kinbotian exposition will be based upon actually
> existing and non-existing archival evidence of an impossibly conclusive
> sort, including versions of the same unpublished story by both writers."
>
> Hm, was this the entire joke or is there still more to it?
> In '92 I was still playing Cowboy and Indian and thus would warmly welcome
> any ancient advice.
> Thank you very much.
>
> Jan Kueveler, Columbia University (soon to be M.A.)