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Subject: Re: [Fwd: copies of "Poems & problems" and "Poems"]]]
Date: Sat, 2 Mar 2002 10:34:56 +1100 (EST)
From: Kiran Krishna <kiran@Physics.usyd.edu.au>
To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
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I also found that a couple of Nabokov's poems including his best are
represented in the Library of America two volume anthology of Twentieth
century poetry.
Kiran
On Fri, 1 Mar 2002, D. Barton Johnson wrote:
> EDITOR's NOTE. I have some hazy recollection that one of the New Yorker
> anthologies has a poem or two as well.
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: RE: [Fwd: Re: [Fwd: copies of "Poems & problems" and "Poems"]]
> Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 12:12:05 +1300
> From: "Brian Boyd (FOA ENG)" <b.boyd@auckland.ac.nz>
> ------------------
> Always happy to surprise: Nabokov's "On Translating Eugene Onegin"
> (certainly a fine poem. His best as far as I am concerned) is in the
> Norton Anthology of World Poetry.
>
> Brian Boyd
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: D. Barton Johnson [mailto:chtodel@gte.net]
> Sent: Friday, 1 March 2002 11:23 a.m.
> To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
> Subject: [Fwd: Re: [Fwd: copies of "Poems & problems" and "Poems"]]
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [Fwd: copies of "Poems & problems" and "Poems"]
> Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 13:34:20 -0800 (PST)
> From: Jerry Friedman <jerry_friedman@yahoo.com>
> ------------------
>
> --- "D. Barton Johnson" <chtodel@gte.net> wrote:
> > ------------------
> > Message text written by Vladimir Nabokov Forum
> > >I'm trying to locate a copy, at reasonable cost, of "Poems and
> > problems"
> > and "Poems" (1959). (I've tried Amazon and Alibris, but no luck). Can
> > anyone explain, A) where I might look;
>
> Since everyone has been so discouraging, maybe I should remind you that
> you can borrow either book by interlibrary loan. At least that's how
> I read _Poems and Problems_. Doing so will also give you a chance to
> think about the ethics of photocopying short, out-of-print, and
> expensive books.
>
> > and, B) how it is that, given the
> > increasing popularity of our hero, his published poetry has been allowed
> > to reside in relative obscurity?
>
> If I can guess, I'd say that the market for poetry isn't very good, and
> the market for poetry written in Russian and translated into English,
> even by the author, is particularly poor. Also, people interested in
> buying literary (as opposed to greeting-card) poetry probably look for
> the authors they liked in their high-school or college anthologies.
> I'll be surprised if anyone tells me VN's poetry appears in any of
> those anthologies in English.
> ...
>
> Jerry Friedman
>
> __________________________________________________
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Kiran Krishna
3rd yr physics
(Falkiner High Energy Physics)
University of Sydney
NSW 2006
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The five rules of Socialism:
1. Don't think
2. If you do think, don't speak
3. If you think and speak, don't write
4. If you think, speak and write, don't sign
5. If you think, speak, write and sign, don't be surprised
http://www.physics.usyd.edu.au/~kiran
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Subject: Re: [Fwd: copies of "Poems & problems" and "Poems"]]]
Date: Sat, 2 Mar 2002 10:34:56 +1100 (EST)
From: Kiran Krishna <kiran@Physics.usyd.edu.au>
To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
------------------
I also found that a couple of Nabokov's poems including his best are
represented in the Library of America two volume anthology of Twentieth
century poetry.
Kiran
On Fri, 1 Mar 2002, D. Barton Johnson wrote:
> EDITOR's NOTE. I have some hazy recollection that one of the New Yorker
> anthologies has a poem or two as well.
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: RE: [Fwd: Re: [Fwd: copies of "Poems & problems" and "Poems"]]
> Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 12:12:05 +1300
> From: "Brian Boyd (FOA ENG)" <b.boyd@auckland.ac.nz>
> ------------------
> Always happy to surprise: Nabokov's "On Translating Eugene Onegin"
> (certainly a fine poem. His best as far as I am concerned) is in the
> Norton Anthology of World Poetry.
>
> Brian Boyd
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: D. Barton Johnson [mailto:chtodel@gte.net]
> Sent: Friday, 1 March 2002 11:23 a.m.
> To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
> Subject: [Fwd: Re: [Fwd: copies of "Poems & problems" and "Poems"]]
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [Fwd: copies of "Poems & problems" and "Poems"]
> Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 13:34:20 -0800 (PST)
> From: Jerry Friedman <jerry_friedman@yahoo.com>
> ------------------
>
> --- "D. Barton Johnson" <chtodel@gte.net> wrote:
> > ------------------
> > Message text written by Vladimir Nabokov Forum
> > >I'm trying to locate a copy, at reasonable cost, of "Poems and
> > problems"
> > and "Poems" (1959). (I've tried Amazon and Alibris, but no luck). Can
> > anyone explain, A) where I might look;
>
> Since everyone has been so discouraging, maybe I should remind you that
> you can borrow either book by interlibrary loan. At least that's how
> I read _Poems and Problems_. Doing so will also give you a chance to
> think about the ethics of photocopying short, out-of-print, and
> expensive books.
>
> > and, B) how it is that, given the
> > increasing popularity of our hero, his published poetry has been allowed
> > to reside in relative obscurity?
>
> If I can guess, I'd say that the market for poetry isn't very good, and
> the market for poetry written in Russian and translated into English,
> even by the author, is particularly poor. Also, people interested in
> buying literary (as opposed to greeting-card) poetry probably look for
> the authors they liked in their high-school or college anthologies.
> I'll be surprised if anyone tells me VN's poetry appears in any of
> those anthologies in English.
> ...
>
> Jerry Friedman
>
> __________________________________________________
> Do You Yahoo!?
> Yahoo! Greetings - Send FREE e-cards for every occasion!
> http://greetings.yahoo.com
>
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Kiran Krishna
3rd yr physics
(Falkiner High Energy Physics)
University of Sydney
NSW 2006
--------------------------------------------
The five rules of Socialism:
1. Don't think
2. If you do think, don't speak
3. If you think and speak, don't write
4. If you think, speak and write, don't sign
5. If you think, speak, write and sign, don't be surprised
http://www.physics.usyd.edu.au/~kiran
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