And this particular title has become a cliche for magazine
editors looking for a header for any negative piece on Nabokov. Reading the
fist sentence of the review, with its sour tone and its errors, would have been
enough to give the editor the cue.
Brian Boyd
In a message dated 2/23/09 1:32:40 PM, fet@MARSHALL.EDU
writes:
To whom it may concern:
II vehemently protest the title of
this (otherwise interesting) Alexander Nemser* review.
Whatever one’s literary
persuasion is, Nemser has no right to compare Nabokov to (historical) Count
Dracula even in jest.
If this is sense of Mr Nemser’s humor, I suggest a title
for a Pasternak review: “Boris Good-Enough”.
Not funny, not appreciated, and
probably an apology is due for a very bad taste.
Victor Fet,
Victor, The title may not have been
Nemser's. The titles of articles in magazines and newspapers are often by
an editor, not by the auther of the article. Steve
Diedrich
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