I didn't intend to attribute my opinions to VN.  However, he makes it clear
over and over that the primary reason for writing is the self-amusement of
the writer.   Faulkner, in his many examinations of the changing values of
the South and of the rest of the nation, makes it clear that
"self-amusement" is not his purpose.  It is my own extrapolation to deduce
from this that Nabokov would find that Faulkner is writing for purposes that
are less than the primary purpose.  I merely offer this as a possible reason
for Nabokov's suggested dislike of Faulkner.  Nabokov could, of course, have
had many other reasons, or completely different ones.

fjfc




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In a message dated 2/10/2 12:13:28 AM, you wrote:



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That's the reason, is it?  Rather reductive reading of Faulkner--yours,
that

is.  I wouldn't attribute it to Nabokov.