[Jansy Mello sends this link. Anybody want to suggest any such
tales?
Vladimir Nabokov short
stories concerned with the dangers of love, lust, beauty, or
desire?
laurence hochard wrote:
Odd as it may seem, I'd suggest "Signs and Symbols", as a short story concerned with lust as the threshold to Hell.
Laurence
Hochard writes:”Odd
as it may seem, I'd suggest "Signs and Symbols", as a short story concerned with
lust as the threshold to Hell.” He started by noting that it would seem “odd”
and I couldn’t agree more with him. Where lies the lust of the lost in it?
Perhaps Laurence could remind us of anything particular he found in the photos,
or does it lie in the similarity between a vision of a lovable arm that connects
it to a scene in Lolita? (I have no access to the quotations now). I thought the
original question was, itself, quite intriguing once we agree that everything in
life is positively dangerous. Would any Nabokovian character have ever found
himself hindered by the dangers of love, lust or beauty?
Alexander Drescher replies:
Odd? Certainly not obvious. Please explicate.]
I'll do it willingly but a few days after Christmas if you don't mind, as I won't have access to Nabokov-L in the next few days and I don't have time right now.
Jansy: Yes it does have something to do with the photos
As for the "lovable arm", I don't see what scene in Lolita you have in mind, and the naked arm in
Signs and Symbols is not at all lovable
In the meantime, I wish a merry Christmas to all list members
Laurence Hochard
Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2012 21:13:11 -0500
From: nabokv-l@HOLYCROSS.EDU
Subject: [NABOKV-L] QUERY: Love and lust in VN's stories?
To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
Alexander Drescher replies:
Odd? Certainly not obvious. Please explicate.
On Dec 18, 2012, at 4:17 PM, laurence hochard wrote:
Odd as it may seem, I'd suggest "Signs and Symbols", as a short story concerned with lust as the threshold to Hell.
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