Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0020039, Fri, 14 May 2010 10:57:03 -0700

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Re: THOUGHTS: the need for climax in Canto 4
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I'm coming late to the discussion (and haven't read all the posts on this question), so I apologize if this is a repeat of what someone else has said
However, I believe you also have to look at the function the missing last line fulfills in the novel as a whole. Namely, it allows Kinbote a "way in." 

--- On Fri, 5/14/10, Anthony Stadlen <STADLEN@AOL.COM> wrote:

From: Anthony Stadlen <STADLEN@AOL.COM>
Subject: Re: [NABOKV-L] Fw: [NABOKV-L] THOUGHTS: the need for climax in Canto 4
To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
Date: Friday, May 14, 2010, 6:17 AM








In a message dated 13/05/2010 23:51:08 GMT Daylight Time, chtodel@COX.NET
writes:
Does it not seem apropos, that the missing final line (1000)
is intended to mark the ultimate indeterminacy of the afterlife issue? 
It seems a fitting conclusion, no?   Don
Johnson
That is indeed what I have been trying to suggest.
 
Anthony Stadlen
 
 
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