Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment Received: from mail193.messagelabs.com ([85.158.140.195]) by taxbar.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.4675); Thu, 19 Jul 2012 01:06:23 +0100 X-Env-Sender: owner-nabokv-l@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU X-Msg-Ref: server-14.tower-193.messagelabs.com!1342656377!13918309!1 X-Originating-IP: [128.111.121.42] X-SpamReason: No, hits=2.7 required=7.0 tests=BODY_RANDOM_LONG, FORGED_MUA_OUTLOOK,HTML_40_50,HTML_MESSAGE,HTML_TEXT_AFTER_BODY, HTML_TEXT_AFTER_HTML,MIME_QP_LONG_LINE,ML_RADAR_SPEW_LINKS_23, spamassassin: X-StarScan-Version: 6.5.10; banners=-,-,taxbar.com X-VirusChecked: Checked Received: (qmail 6023 invoked from network); 19 Jul 2012 00:06:18 -0000 Received: from uxa3.isc.ucsb.edu (HELO uxa3.isc.ucsb.edu) (128.111.121.42) by server-14.tower-193.messagelabs.com with SMTP; 19 Jul 2012 00:06:18 -0000 Received: from uxa3.isc.ucsb.edu (uxa3 [127.0.0.1]) by uxa3.isc.ucsb.edu (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q6G6Q1ld005239; Wed, 18 Jul 2012 17:02:01 -0700 Received: by LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 16.0) with spool id 814991 for NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU; Wed, 18 Jul 2012 17:01:57 -0700 Approved-By: nabokv-l@UTK.EDU Received: from hostv.hostseguro.com (hostv.hostseguro.com [69.167.173.224]) by uxa3.isc.ucsb.edu (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q6IKt3iS004272 for ; Wed, 18 Jul 2012 13:55:03 -0700 Received: from [186.222.131.149] (helo=JANSY) by hostv.hostseguro.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SrbGr-0002rG-3T for NABOKV-L@listserv.ucsb.edu; Wed, 18 Jul 2012 17:54:57 -0300 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0038_01CD650E.77E9C910" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5931 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6157 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - hostv.hostseguro.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - listserv.ucsb.edu X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - aetern.us X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Message-ID: <7B5003088ABB4B1E88110ABA0D77629C@JANSY> Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 17:55:07 -0300 Reply-To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum Sender: Vladimir Nabokov Forum From: Jansy Subject: [NABOKV-L] Fw: [NABOKV-L] Pale Fire Commentary on Line 130 To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU Precedence: list List-Help: , List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Owner: List-Archive: Return-Path: owner-nabokv-l@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU X-OriginalArrivalTime: 19 Jul 2012 00:06:24.0777 (UTC) FILETIME=[55F1CF90:01CD6542] This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0038_01CD650E.77E9C910 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Barrie Akin: I have a couple of observations on the commentary to line 130= ("I never bounced a ball or swung a bat").=20 1.Kinbote's references to soccer and cricket (first line of this commentar= y) ...why the reference to cricket? The later reference to the insect in t= his part of the commentary ("A cricket cricked.") can't be the only reason= for using "cricket" in its sporting sense. ...I think that there is a cla= ss-related theme here...if cricket was a "high class" sport, the apparent = fact that Kinbote/the young Charles Xavier played it would perhaps fit in = with the persona that Kinbote projects throughout the work.From a class pe= rspective, "soccer" and "rugger"(see below) were originally both sports pl= ayed by the upper classes (but not exclusively) - but by the start of the = twentieth century, "soccer" was almost exclusively a working class game in= England - "rugger" was almost exclusively the game played by the upper cl= asses.So it's curious that Kinbote/Charles Xavier (and presumably all high= class young Zemblans at the time) played the more upper class cricket in = the summer but the more working class "soccer" in the winter. I find the u= se of the word "soccer" interesting too... 2. "Escalier D=E9rob=E9":I am surely not the first person to connect this = phrase (in the paragraph that begins with Beauchamp and Campbell's game of= chess and ends with the boys moaning like doves) with Victor Hugo's Herna= ni? ...Hernani (1830) is (partly) concerned with a plot to kill the king = of Spain - Don Carlos. The play opens:-Serait-ce d=E9j=E0 lui? - C'est bien =E0 l'escalier/d=E9ro= b=E9....It was at this point on the play's opening night that a riot broke= out at the Com=E9die Fran=E7aise because the classical faction in the aud= ience was outraged by Hugo's use of enjambement. So, in addition to the po= rtrait of Iris Acht and the "green-carpeted steps" (as in "green room"), w= e have an indication that there will be a theatre at the end of the secre= t passage and angry voices! And an allusion to a plot to kill a king calle= d Charles. Jansy Mello: I'm sure your interesting observations will ellicit various c= ommentaries from the List. The first will be related to soccer. Vladimir N= abokov was a soccer player when he lived in Europe ( a goal keeper) If we = down-play the arguments about class-related allusions, the answers may bec= ome simpler. Bat swinging wouldn't necessarily indicate cricket, but also = baseball. There are references to Chapman's homer, even to a shape that su= ggests a baseball bat in Shade's poem..The author must have been making fu= n of Kinbote's ignorance about sports... The connection between cricket, g= ame and insect, must be an important one, as you 've noticed.Not only butt= erflies, but lots of other insects appear in Shade's poem (and all over Na= bokov's novels: grasshoppers, cicadas, glow-worms, ants.katydid,etc). Glow= -worms are related to Shakespeare and to Hazel's lights in Pale Fire... Wonderful quote from Hugo's Hernani, and subsequent developments about reg= icide. When you mentioned Beauchamp and Campbell, who have distinct signi= fications in the poem, I was also reminded of the artist Marcel Duchamp's = famos "Nude Descending the Stairs." - but your find, as I see it, clinches= it. . =20 Search archive with Google: http://www.google.com/advanced_search?q=3Dsite:listserv.ucsb.edu&HL=3Den Contact the Editors: mailto:nabokv-l@utk.edu,nabokv-l@holycross.edu Visit Zembla: http://www.libraries.psu.edu/nabokov/zembla.htm View Nabokv-L policies: http://web.utk.edu/~sblackwe/EDNote.htm Visit "Nabokov Online Journal:" http://www.nabokovonline.com Manage subscription options: http://listserv.ucsb.edu/ ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. ______________________________________________________________________ Search archive with Google: http://www.google.com/advanced_search?q=3Dsite:listserv.ucsb.edu&HL=3Den Contact the Editors: mailto:nabokv-l@utk.edu,nabokv-l@holycross.edu Visit Zembla: http://www.libraries.psu.edu/nabokov/zembla.htm View Nabokv-L policies: http://web.utk.edu/~sblackwe/EDNote.htm Visit "Nabokov Online Journal:" http://www.nabokovonline.com Manage subscription options: http://listserv.ucsb.edu/ ------=_NextPart_000_0038_01CD650E.77E9C910 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Barrie Akin: I have a couple of observa= tions=20 on the commentary to line 130 (=93I never bounced a ball or swung a=20 bat=94). 
1.Kinbote=92s references to soccer and cricket (first li= ne of this=20 commentary) ...why the reference to cricket? The later reference to the in= sect=20 in this part of the commentary (=93A cricket cricked.=94) can=92t be the o= nly reason=20 for using =93cricket=94 in its sporting sense. ...I think that there is a=20= class-related theme here...if cricket was a =93high class=94 sport, the ap= parent=20 fact that Kinbote/the young Charles Xavier played it would perhaps fit in = with=20 the persona that Kinbote projects throughout the work.From a class perspec= tive,=20 =93soccer=94 and =93rugger=94(see below) were originally both sports playe= d by the upper=20 classes (but not exclusively) =96 but by the start of the twentieth centur= y,=20 =93soccer=94 was almost exclusively a working class game in England =96 =93= rugger=94 was=20 almost exclusively the game played by the upper classes.So it=92s curious = that=20 Kinbote/Charles Xavier (and presumably all high class young Zemblans at th= e=20 time) played the more upper class cricket in the summer but the more worki= ng=20 class =93soccer=94 in the winter. I find the use of the word =93socce= r=94=20 interesting too...
2. =93Escalier D=E9rob=E9=94:I am surely not the first perso= n to connect=20 this phrase (in the paragraph that begins with Beauchamp and Campbell=92s = game of=20 chess and ends with the boys moaning like doves) with Victor Hugo=92s=20 Hernani?  ...Hernani (1830) is (partly) concerned with a plot to kill= the=20 king of Spain =96 Don Carlos.
The play opens:-Serait-ce d=E9j=E0 lui? =96= C=92est bien=20 =E0 l=92escalier/d=E9rob=E9....It was at this point on the play=92s openin= g night that a=20 riot broke out at the Com=E9die Fran=E7aise because the classical faction = in the=20 audience was outraged by Hugo=92s use of enjambement. So, in addition to t= he=20 portrait of Iris Acht and the =93green-carpeted steps=94 (as in =93green r= oom=94), we=20 have an indication  that there will be a theatre at the end of the se= cret=20 passage and angry voices! And an allusion to a plot to kill a king called=20= Charles.
 
Jansy Mello: I'm sure your interesting observations = will=20 ellicit various commentaries from the List. The first will be related to s= occer.=20 Vladimir Nabokov was a soccer player when he lived in Europe ( a goal=20 keeper) If we down-play the arguments about class-related allusions, = the=20 answers may become simpler. Bat swinging wouldn't necessarily indicat= e=20 cricket, but also baseball. There are references to Chapman's homer, even = to a=20 shape that suggests a baseball bat in Shade's poem..The author must have b= een=20 making fun of Kinbote's ignorance about sports... The connection between=20= cricket, game and insect, must be an important one, as you 've noticed.Not= only=20 butterflies, but lots of other insects appear in Shade's poem (and all ove= r=20 Nabokov's novels: grasshoppers, cicadas, glow-worms,=20 ants.katydid,etc). Glow-worms are related to Shakespeare and to Hazel= 's=20 lights in Pale Fire...
Wonderful quote from Hugo's Hernani, and subsequent developments abou= t=20 regicide.  When you mentioned Beauchamp and Campbell, who have distin= ct=20 significations in the poem, I was also reminded of the artist Marcel Ducha= mp's=20 famos "Nude Descending the Stairs." - but your find, as I see it, cli= nches=20 it. .  

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