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EDNOTE. While there is some interest in knowing most and least favorites,
there is more in knowing WHY?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dane Gill" <pennyparkerpark@hotmail.com>
To: <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
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> Mr. Kenny
> Interesting you should say that about SK...It's actually one of my favs.
> However, I completely agree that everything VN has ever written still
> destroys the rest of Comp Lit away. Incidently, my GF said almost the
exact
> same thing to me several times in the past. Dane
>
>
> >From: "D. Barton Johnson" <chtodel@cox.net>
> >Reply-To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
> >To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
> >Subject: Fw: Nabokov's Worst Novel? rlskN
> >Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 12:31:48 -0700
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Kenny, Glenn" <gkenny@hfmus.com>
> > >
> > > ----------------- Message requiring your approval
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> > > Granted, this comes from someone whose girlfriend said to him
> > > (affectionately, I think) just this weekend, "I think that as far as
> >you're
> > > concerned, every writer who ever lived is overrated, except for
> >Nabokov,"
> > > but I get queasy seeing the words "worst" and "Nabokov" in the same
> > > sentence.Still, one must grow up, and it is true that not all N. opi
are
> > > created equal. I think while "Glory" certainly has the toughest time
> >getting
> > > off the ground than any other Nabokov novel, I think, once I
substitute
> >the
> > > phrase "least well-realized" for "worst," that in my humble opinion
"The
> > > Real Life of Sebastian Knight" is just too damn precious to wholely
get
> > > across. And when I say "get across" I mean on the very demanding terms
> >that
> > > Nabokov set for himself. The book still blows away 90 percent of what
is
> > > termed "contemporary literature" these days...
> > >
> > > GK
> > > > ----------
> > > > From: D. Barton Johnson
> > > > Reply To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum
> > > > Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 2:12 PM
> > > > To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
> > > > Subject: Fw: Nabokov's Worst Novel?
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Dane Gill" <pennyparkerpark@hotmail.com>
> > > > To: <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
> > > > Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 10:44 AM
> > > > Subject: Worst Novel
> > > > >
> > > > > ----------------- Message requiring your approval (6
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> > > > > My vote goes to Glory. Anyone else? Dane Gill
there is more in knowing WHY?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dane Gill" <pennyparkerpark@hotmail.com>
To: <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
.
>
> ----------------- Message requiring your approval (60
lines) ------------------
> Mr. Kenny
> Interesting you should say that about SK...It's actually one of my favs.
> However, I completely agree that everything VN has ever written still
> destroys the rest of Comp Lit away. Incidently, my GF said almost the
exact
> same thing to me several times in the past. Dane
>
>
> >From: "D. Barton Johnson" <chtodel@cox.net>
> >Reply-To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
> >To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
> >Subject: Fw: Nabokov's Worst Novel? rlskN
> >Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 12:31:48 -0700
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Kenny, Glenn" <gkenny@hfmus.com>
> > >
> > > ----------------- Message requiring your approval
(31lines) ------------------
> > > Granted, this comes from someone whose girlfriend said to him
> > > (affectionately, I think) just this weekend, "I think that as far as
> >you're
> > > concerned, every writer who ever lived is overrated, except for
> >Nabokov,"
> > > but I get queasy seeing the words "worst" and "Nabokov" in the same
> > > sentence.Still, one must grow up, and it is true that not all N. opi
are
> > > created equal. I think while "Glory" certainly has the toughest time
> >getting
> > > off the ground than any other Nabokov novel, I think, once I
substitute
> >the
> > > phrase "least well-realized" for "worst," that in my humble opinion
"The
> > > Real Life of Sebastian Knight" is just too damn precious to wholely
get
> > > across. And when I say "get across" I mean on the very demanding terms
> >that
> > > Nabokov set for himself. The book still blows away 90 percent of what
is
> > > termed "contemporary literature" these days...
> > >
> > > GK
> > > > ----------
> > > > From: D. Barton Johnson
> > > > Reply To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum
> > > > Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 2:12 PM
> > > > To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
> > > > Subject: Fw: Nabokov's Worst Novel?
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Dane Gill" <pennyparkerpark@hotmail.com>
> > > > To: <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
> > > > Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 10:44 AM
> > > > Subject: Worst Novel
> > > > >
> > > > > ----------------- Message requiring your approval (6
> > > > lines) -------------------
> > > > > My vote goes to Glory. Anyone else? Dane Gill