I hope no one will take offence if I express another opinion
of Michael Maar's article in TLS. I disagree with Professor Zimmer; I think Michael Maar has made an important discovery and I think he
has handled it very well, and I congratulate him on both counts.
I
hope someone will take this seriously. It could lead to very important
understanding of Nabokov's genius.*
I hope I am not alone among the List
members in congratulating Michael Maar on a really important find, handled very
well indeed.
Carolyn
*An instructive example: the great student of
gypsy life, Walter Starkie, heard a gypsy in the Balkans play a scrappy tune
that he immediately recognized was the base original out of which Beethoven
created one of the glories of melody (opening of his 6th symphony). I heard
Professor Starkie play that forgettable tune at UCLA many years ago, and it only
lead me to appreciate Beethoven's genius more.