Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0017730, Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:06:45 EST

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Re: The New Republic review of Verses and Versions
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In a message dated 2/23/09 1:32:40 PM, fet@MARSHALL.EDU writes:


>
> To whom it may concern:
>  
> II vehemently protest the title of this (otherwise interesting) Alexander
> Nemser* review.
>  
> Whatever one’s literary persuasion is, Nemser has no right to compare
> Nabokov to (historical) Count Dracula even in jest.  
>  
> If this is sense of Mr Nemser’s humor, I suggest a title for a Pasternak
> review:  “Boris Good-Enough”.
>  
> Not funny, not appreciated, and probably an apology is due for a very bad
> taste.
>  
>  
> Victor Fet,
>

Victor, The title may not have been Nemser's. The titles of articles in
magazines and newspapers are often by an editor, not by the auther of the
article. Steve Diedrich



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