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Re: Nabokov an anti-Stratfordian? (fwd)
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From: Rodney Welch <RWelch@scjob.sces.org>
What sparked my initial query regarding VN was a citation in a new book
by Joseph Sobran (sorry, can't recall the title) that endorses the
anti-Stratfordian view. He lists a number of heretics who agree with him,
including the usual suspects (Twain and Freud) as well as some
other famous names whose views I had not previously encountered, such as
John Gielgud, Kenneth Branagh, and VN.
It did not seem to me then or now that VN fit well with this group; one
certainly has to wonder how far Nabokov could have agreed with
the "Viennese fraud" on ANYTHING.
Perhaps Dimitri could enlighten us all.
Rodney Welch
Columbia, SC
P.S. I am just now reading Schoenbaum's LIVES and enjoying it immensely.
Just last night I used both LIVES and the COMPACT DOCUMENTARY bio in
leading a Shakespeare discussion for a reading group. Schoenbaum must
have been a first-class teacher.
What sparked my initial query regarding VN was a citation in a new book
by Joseph Sobran (sorry, can't recall the title) that endorses the
anti-Stratfordian view. He lists a number of heretics who agree with him,
including the usual suspects (Twain and Freud) as well as some
other famous names whose views I had not previously encountered, such as
John Gielgud, Kenneth Branagh, and VN.
It did not seem to me then or now that VN fit well with this group; one
certainly has to wonder how far Nabokov could have agreed with
the "Viennese fraud" on ANYTHING.
Perhaps Dimitri could enlighten us all.
Rodney Welch
Columbia, SC
P.S. I am just now reading Schoenbaum's LIVES and enjoying it immensely.
Just last night I used both LIVES and the COMPACT DOCUMENTARY bio in
leading a Shakespeare discussion for a reading group. Schoenbaum must
have been a first-class teacher.