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Re Shklovsky-VN query
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From: naiman@socrates.berkeley.edu
I believe Irina Paperno has dealt to some extent with this question in an
essay entitled Kak sdelan "Dar" Nabokova."
It was published in Russian in NLO and in Pro et Contra, but first
appeared, apparently in
Literature, Culture, and Society in the Modern Age. In Honor of Joseph
Frank. Stanford Slavic Studies 4:2, 1992.
On Tue, 2 Feb 1999, Donald
Barton Johnson wrote:
> EDITOR's NOTE. See below.
> --------------------------------
> From: Michael Glynn <mglynn@pcfe.plymouth.ac.uk>
>
>
> I hope you will not mind my writing to you with a query. I am an
> English teacher undertaking part time research towards an MPhil
> degree at Exeter University, England. In connection with this
> research, I have been attempting to ascertain whether Nabokov, during
> the Berlin phase of his career, met Shlovsky or any other
> Formalists. Boyd remarks that Shlovsky visited Berlin whilst Nabokov
> was there. I am aware of Nabokov's desultory and unsatisfactory
> relations with Jakobson in America, but have been unable to ascertain
> whether he met, or was familiar with the work of, any Formalists
> whilst in Berlin. Having drawn a blank to date, I am writing to
> enquire whether you are aware of any sources I could consult in order
> to further my research.
>
> Thank You,
> Michael Glynn
> --------------------------
> EDITOR's NOTE. VN was certain aware of the Russian Formalists, although
> there is not, so far as I know, a lot of documentation thereof. Maxim
> Shrayer writes about the Shklovsky-VN relationship in his new book _The
> World of Nabokov's Short Stories_ (Un. of Texas, 1998), I believe. I know
> he published an article on oneof the VN stories and Shklovsky. So far as I
> remember Tony Tanner (Cityof Words?) was among the first to point to
> parallels between the VN and the Formalists.
>
From: naiman@socrates.berkeley.edu
I believe Irina Paperno has dealt to some extent with this question in an
essay entitled Kak sdelan "Dar" Nabokova."
It was published in Russian in NLO and in Pro et Contra, but first
appeared, apparently in
Literature, Culture, and Society in the Modern Age. In Honor of Joseph
Frank. Stanford Slavic Studies 4:2, 1992.
On Tue, 2 Feb 1999, Donald
Barton Johnson wrote:
> EDITOR's NOTE. See below.
> --------------------------------
> From: Michael Glynn <mglynn@pcfe.plymouth.ac.uk>
>
>
> I hope you will not mind my writing to you with a query. I am an
> English teacher undertaking part time research towards an MPhil
> degree at Exeter University, England. In connection with this
> research, I have been attempting to ascertain whether Nabokov, during
> the Berlin phase of his career, met Shlovsky or any other
> Formalists. Boyd remarks that Shlovsky visited Berlin whilst Nabokov
> was there. I am aware of Nabokov's desultory and unsatisfactory
> relations with Jakobson in America, but have been unable to ascertain
> whether he met, or was familiar with the work of, any Formalists
> whilst in Berlin. Having drawn a blank to date, I am writing to
> enquire whether you are aware of any sources I could consult in order
> to further my research.
>
> Thank You,
> Michael Glynn
> --------------------------
> EDITOR's NOTE. VN was certain aware of the Russian Formalists, although
> there is not, so far as I know, a lot of documentation thereof. Maxim
> Shrayer writes about the Shklovsky-VN relationship in his new book _The
> World of Nabokov's Short Stories_ (Un. of Texas, 1998), I believe. I know
> he published an article on oneof the VN stories and Shklovsky. So far as I
> remember Tony Tanner (Cityof Words?) was among the first to point to
> parallels between the VN and the Formalists.
>