Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0011831, Sun, 11 Sep 2005 19:21:32 -0700

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Re: Fw: three Nabokovian blunders in Ada
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Thanks Carolyn for drawing attention to the 'gender-bending' nature of two
of the 'blunders' Nabokov inserted into Ada. Another example of Nabokov's
gender-bending strategy can be found in Pale Fire where Charles Kinbote
plays a Carrollian-style game of "World Golf" and transmutes the
word 'lass' into 'male' in four moves (see PF, 262).

Jo Morgan
Sydney

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