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Date: Monday, June 28, 2004 8:31 PM -0400
From: "Kenny, Glenn" <gkenny@hfmus.com>
To: 'Vladimir Nabokov Forum' <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
Subject: RE: Fw: Dale Peck---drop half of Faulkner and Nabokov from the ca
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------------------ Before getting too deep into which half of Nabokov's
oeuvre Dale Peck would like to see removed from the canon, we should
reflect that perhaps even he couldn't really tell us. His lack of citation,
which has been discussed here before, camoflauges what could be a multitude
of sins. Oh, to hell with it, I'll just come out and say it: I truly doubt
that Peck has read, let alone digested, the entireity of VN's literary
output. I rather doubt he's read everything VN wrote in English. Until
persuaded otherwise, in fact, I should insist that Mr. Peck has read very
little VN and even less worthwhile commentary on VN.
Explain to me again why we're still spending time on this snarling
nonentity?
GK
> ----------
> From: Vladimir Nabokov Forum on behalf of D. Barton Johnson
> Reply To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum
> Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 8:17 PM
> To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
> Subject: Fw: Fw: Dale Peck---drop half of Faulkner and Nabokov from
> the canon
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Debby Coley
> To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum
> Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 1:40 PM
> Subject: Re: Fw: Dale Peck---drop half of Faulkner and Nabokov from the
> canon
>
> I am a graduate student majoring in English, and in the upcoming fall
> semester, I am taking one class titled, Sexuality and Literature, in which
> we will read Lolita. I am also taking a class focusing on works by Joyce,
> Woolf, and Thomas.
> deborah coley
>
> "D. Barton Johnson" < chtodel@cox.net> wrote:
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Rodney Welch
> To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum
> Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 10:11 AM
> Subject: Re: Dale Peck---drop half of Faulkner and Nabokov from the
> canon
>
> Message requiring your approval (94 lines) ------------------
> I guess the question is: what is "canonical" where Nabokov is
> concerned, and which half is Peck referring to? The general consensus
> among those of us here, I'm guessing, would be that Nabokov's masterpieces
> are The Defense, Invitation to a Beheading, The Gift, Speak, Memory, Pnin,
> Lolita, Pale Fire, Ada, and maybe a select group of the stories. Harold
> Bloom selected only Lolita and Pale Fire for his Western Canon; Nabokov
> himself said (if I recall correctly) that he'd only be remembered for
> Lolita and his translation of Eugene Onegin. Where does Nabokov generally
> stand in academia nowadays -- has he been crowded out by all the
> Fulmerfords?
>
> Rodney Welch
> Columbia, SC
> -----------------------------------------------------
> EDNOTE. I suppose it depends on which academiac you ask. In my
> highly prejudiced take he is up there with Joyce.
>
>
>
>
> _____
>
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Date: Monday, June 28, 2004 8:31 PM -0400
From: "Kenny, Glenn" <gkenny@hfmus.com>
To: 'Vladimir Nabokov Forum' <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
Subject: RE: Fw: Dale Peck---drop half of Faulkner and Nabokov from the ca
non
------------------ Before getting too deep into which half of Nabokov's
oeuvre Dale Peck would like to see removed from the canon, we should
reflect that perhaps even he couldn't really tell us. His lack of citation,
which has been discussed here before, camoflauges what could be a multitude
of sins. Oh, to hell with it, I'll just come out and say it: I truly doubt
that Peck has read, let alone digested, the entireity of VN's literary
output. I rather doubt he's read everything VN wrote in English. Until
persuaded otherwise, in fact, I should insist that Mr. Peck has read very
little VN and even less worthwhile commentary on VN.
Explain to me again why we're still spending time on this snarling
nonentity?
GK
> ----------
> From: Vladimir Nabokov Forum on behalf of D. Barton Johnson
> Reply To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum
> Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 8:17 PM
> To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
> Subject: Fw: Fw: Dale Peck---drop half of Faulkner and Nabokov from
> the canon
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Debby Coley
> To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum
> Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 1:40 PM
> Subject: Re: Fw: Dale Peck---drop half of Faulkner and Nabokov from the
> canon
>
> I am a graduate student majoring in English, and in the upcoming fall
> semester, I am taking one class titled, Sexuality and Literature, in which
> we will read Lolita. I am also taking a class focusing on works by Joyce,
> Woolf, and Thomas.
> deborah coley
>
> "D. Barton Johnson" < chtodel@cox.net> wrote:
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Rodney Welch
> To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum
> Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 10:11 AM
> Subject: Re: Dale Peck---drop half of Faulkner and Nabokov from the
> canon
>
> Message requiring your approval (94 lines) ------------------
> I guess the question is: what is "canonical" where Nabokov is
> concerned, and which half is Peck referring to? The general consensus
> among those of us here, I'm guessing, would be that Nabokov's masterpieces
> are The Defense, Invitation to a Beheading, The Gift, Speak, Memory, Pnin,
> Lolita, Pale Fire, Ada, and maybe a select group of the stories. Harold
> Bloom selected only Lolita and Pale Fire for his Western Canon; Nabokov
> himself said (if I recall correctly) that he'd only be remembered for
> Lolita and his translation of Eugene Onegin. Where does Nabokov generally
> stand in academia nowadays -- has he been crowded out by all the
> Fulmerfords?
>
> Rodney Welch
> Columbia, SC
> -----------------------------------------------------
> EDNOTE. I suppose it depends on which academiac you ask. In my
> highly prejudiced take he is up there with Joyce.
>
>
>
>
> _____
>
> Do you Yahoo!?
> Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish.
>
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