Vladimir Nabokov

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Fw: Fw: pynchon-l-digest V2 #3399 PALE FIRE Shade's poem
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> In a message dated 7/12/2003 9:18:04 PM Eastern Standard Time,
chtodel@cox.net writes:
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> > All that said, this section of Shade's poem, juxtaposing his ablutions
> > with his poetic pretensions and methods, is a prime example of the
poet's
> > self-indulgent banality, and thus of Nabokov's satiric intent,
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> Surely this is nonsense! It is a prime example of the poet's self-irony,
as Nabokov imagines Shade.
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> Anthony Stadlen