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But what is the reader "ruthlessly exposed" to, his own naivete? And is the
reader "seduced" into believing such a "baboon" can be so easily redeemed?
As a reader, I don't hear Humbert in the passage, but the poetry of VN on
the hearts of children outshining the Humberts of a monstrous world.
On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 8:24 AM, Anthony Stadlen <STADLEN@aol.com> wrote:
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> In a message dated 22/02/2012 14:19:47 GMT Standard Time, Rsgwynn1@CS.COMwrites:
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> Does Humbert ultimately receive some moment of Grace? I like to think he
> has, as he sits overlooking and overhearing the children near the end of
> the novel. It does move in a mysterious way, its wonders to perform.
>
> Brian Boyd has long ago pointed to Nabokov's brilliance and insight in
> having Humbert seductively place this passage just where it is near the end
> of his narrative. Nabokov ruthlessly exposes readers who are seduced by the
> rhetoric of a child-rapist and murderer. This does not mean that Humbert's
> fleeting insight had no validity, but it *was* fleeting, and he did not
> have the integrity to act on it.
>
> Anthony Stadlen
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reader "seduced" into believing such a "baboon" can be so easily redeemed?
As a reader, I don't hear Humbert in the passage, but the poetry of VN on
the hearts of children outshining the Humberts of a monstrous world.
On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 8:24 AM, Anthony Stadlen <STADLEN@aol.com> wrote:
> **
> In a message dated 22/02/2012 14:19:47 GMT Standard Time, Rsgwynn1@CS.COMwrites:
>
> Does Humbert ultimately receive some moment of Grace? I like to think he
> has, as he sits overlooking and overhearing the children near the end of
> the novel. It does move in a mysterious way, its wonders to perform.
>
> Brian Boyd has long ago pointed to Nabokov's brilliance and insight in
> having Humbert seductively place this passage just where it is near the end
> of his narrative. Nabokov ruthlessly exposes readers who are seduced by the
> rhetoric of a child-rapist and murderer. This does not mean that Humbert's
> fleeting insight had no validity, but it *was* fleeting, and he did not
> have the integrity to act on it.
>
> Anthony Stadlen
>
>
> Anthony Stadlen
> "Oakleigh"
> 2A Alexandra Avenue
> GB - London N22 7XE
> *Tel.:* +44 (0) 20 8888 6857
> *Email:* *stadlen@aol.com*
> *Founder* (in 1996) and *convenor* of the Inner Circle Seminars: an
> ethical, existential, phenomenological search for truth in psychotherapy
> *See* "Existential Psychotherapy & Inner Circle Seminars" at
> http://anthonystadlen.blogspot.com/ for programme of future Inner Circle
> Seminars and complete archive of past seminars
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