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Just an odd correlation. It is well known that filmmaker David
Cronenberg is a huge fan of Nabokov. In fact he has often said that his
love of Nabokov turned him from becoming a writer since everything he
wrote ended up sounding like Nabokov. Transformation and dual
identities are familiar themes in Cronenberg's work. In this 1992
article, Cronenberg cites Pale Fire as his favorite book. One can't help
but think of at least "The Fly" in the context of MR and TDR's theory.
Wonder what Cronenberg would say...
http://www.davidcronenberg.de/lunchmaincfq.html
<http://www.davidcronenberg.de/lunchmaincfq.html>
By the way, thanks to Matthew and Tiffany. I'm very much enjoying the
paper.
---Suellen
From: Vladimir Nabokov Forum [mailto:NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU] On
Behalf Of Matthew Roth
Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 1:19 PM
To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
Subject: Re: [NABOKV-L] THOUGHTS: Roth/DeRewal article in NOJ
If I may, I would like to say a word for my silent (list-wise) co-author
Tiffany DeRewal. Tiffany was a junior undergrad in my "Subversive Texts"
topics class, in which we read PF. As I recall, she formulated the basic
outlines of the MPD theory (which I had never considered) before even
finishing her first full reading of the novel. She is a movie buff and
attributed the notion to her recent viewing of "Fight Club" (which I
still haven't seen, alas). Anyway, I thought her theory had a lot of
promise, and she eventually turned it into a term paper and then, the
following year, a Senior Honors thesis, which I advised. (By this time I
had discovered Nabokv-L and Carolyn's similar theory.) After that, we
worked together to write what you now have in front of you. Tiffany has
moved on to grad school, where, word is, she is reconstructing Melville
in equally outrageous fashion. We will hear more from her, I'm sure.
Thanks to Jim Twiggs for the kind words and rich insights.
Matt Roth
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Cronenberg is a huge fan of Nabokov. In fact he has often said that his
love of Nabokov turned him from becoming a writer since everything he
wrote ended up sounding like Nabokov. Transformation and dual
identities are familiar themes in Cronenberg's work. In this 1992
article, Cronenberg cites Pale Fire as his favorite book. One can't help
but think of at least "The Fly" in the context of MR and TDR's theory.
Wonder what Cronenberg would say...
http://www.davidcronenberg.de/lunchmaincfq.html
<http://www.davidcronenberg.de/lunchmaincfq.html>
By the way, thanks to Matthew and Tiffany. I'm very much enjoying the
paper.
---Suellen
From: Vladimir Nabokov Forum [mailto:NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU] On
Behalf Of Matthew Roth
Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 1:19 PM
To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
Subject: Re: [NABOKV-L] THOUGHTS: Roth/DeRewal article in NOJ
If I may, I would like to say a word for my silent (list-wise) co-author
Tiffany DeRewal. Tiffany was a junior undergrad in my "Subversive Texts"
topics class, in which we read PF. As I recall, she formulated the basic
outlines of the MPD theory (which I had never considered) before even
finishing her first full reading of the novel. She is a movie buff and
attributed the notion to her recent viewing of "Fight Club" (which I
still haven't seen, alas). Anyway, I thought her theory had a lot of
promise, and she eventually turned it into a term paper and then, the
following year, a Senior Honors thesis, which I advised. (By this time I
had discovered Nabokv-L and Carolyn's similar theory.) After that, we
worked together to write what you now have in front of you. Tiffany has
moved on to grad school, where, word is, she is reconstructing Melville
in equally outrageous fashion. We will hear more from her, I'm sure.
Thanks to Jim Twiggs for the kind words and rich insights.
Matt Roth
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