Brian Boyd wonders "why Phyllis Roth did not continue to contribute to
Nabokov scholarship". But her all-day participation in my Inner Circle Seminar
on Nabokov's "Signs and Symbols" in London on 11 May 2008 was her
initiative! This was the only time I have ever issued a "call for papers",
rather than inviting specific speakers, and she was the first to respond
-- with enthusiasm. She was indispensable to the seminar, although as far
as I know she did not produce a new published paper as a result. I was extremely
grateful to her for this contribution to scholarship.
Anthony Stadlen
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In a message dated 03/04/2012 15:27:12 GMT Daylight Time,
b.boyd@AUCKLAND.AC.NZ writes:
Dear
All,
I too am sorry to hear of Phyllis Roth's death. She was a lively and
engaging presence at the 1983 Cornell Nabokov conference, when as I recall she
was already compiling her fine edited volume, Critical Essays on Vladimir
Nabokov (1984), introduced by her comprehensive overview of early Anglophone
academic scholarship on Nabokov. Alas, my memories of her have leached a great
deal of detail since then, but I did wonder from time to time why she did not
continue to contribute to Nabokov scholarship. Does anyone know?
Brian Boyd
On 3/04/2012, at 9:17 AM, NABOKV-L wrote:
Dear List,
I am very sorry to hear of Phyllis Roth's death. Phyllis chaired
the panel at which I presented my first paper on Nabokov at the annual MLA
conference--a study of his doubles in terms of his relationship
with his brother Sergey, entitled "The Brothers Nabokov: Repetition and
Revision"--in December 1986. I was a shy and anxious graduate student,
but Phyllis took me under her wing, encouraging my interest in VN's doubles
(which had been the subject of her dissertation) and inviting me to become
an active member of the Vladimir Nabokov Society. I think her essay
"The Man Behind the Mystification," in particular, remains one of the most
important essays written on Nabokov.
Susan Elizabeth Sweeney
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