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From: "Kuzmanovich, Zoran" <zokuzmanovich@davidson.edu>
When VN makes fun of TSEliot by calling him the Wally Simpson of
American literature, he is funny because
a) Just as Mrs. Wallis Simpson was ingratiating herself to the snooty
British royals, so was TSE
b) It's a suggestion that there is something feminine about TSE
c) TSE's high position in the lit world is illegitimate
d) all of the above
e) ??????
Zoran Kuzmanovich, Professor of English
Editor, Nabokov Studies
Box 6977
Davidson College
Davidson, NC 28036
704 894 2237
From: "Kuzmanovich, Zoran" <zokuzmanovich@davidson.edu>
When VN makes fun of TSEliot by calling him the Wally Simpson of
American literature, he is funny because
a) Just as Mrs. Wallis Simpson was ingratiating herself to the snooty
British royals, so was TSE
b) It's a suggestion that there is something feminine about TSE
c) TSE's high position in the lit world is illegitimate
d) all of the above
e) ??????
Zoran Kuzmanovich, Professor of English
Editor, Nabokov Studies
Box 6977
Davidson College
Davidson, NC 28036
704 894 2237