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From: "Jansy Berndt de Souza Mello" <jansy@aetern.us>
>
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> Hello, Tom
> before continuing with the intriguing theme of mirrors ( arising in
> puddles, in a train window against a dark background, reflecting endless
> monkeys such as in " Glory" )
> there was a question I´d like to ask concerning your reference to
"shaving
> Ada´s three mousepits". Why did you observe: " Antiterran anatomy"?
> There are two armpits and a "frightening sulphurous pit".
> Thank you for the beautiful transition from five year olds playing
> through mirror images to reach the full gala of Saint Paul´s whispering
> gallery.
> Jansy Mello
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "D. Barton Johnson" <chtodel@cox.net>
> To: <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 3:07 PM
> Subject: Fw: Fleur de Fyler and Gradiva...
>
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Tom Rymour" <tom@discobolus.co.za>
> > To: "D. Barton Johnson" <chtodel@cox.net>
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 12:34 AM
> > Subject: Fwd: Fleur de Fyler and Gradiva...
> >
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >> > Have just worked my way through the latest avalanche of postings,
> which
> > > > prompted a couple of animadversions:
> > > >
> > > > The infinitely-reflected Fleur: when I was about five, I suppose, my
> > > > brother Alex discovered a miracle. When we crawled into the
> mirror-lined
> > > > display window of our grandfather's baker's shop, we saw infinite
> copies
> > > > of ourselves. Some small misalignment made the receding images of
two
> > wee
> > > > Scots boys curve away like the whispering gallery of St Paul's
> Cathedral
> > > > in London.
> > > >
> > > > Fleur is not the only girl in VN's oeuvre to have three patches of
> body
> > > > hair. I seem to recall a tryst on an island in a river where Van
> brings
> > > > along a razor and relieves Ada of her three "mouse pits." Antiterran
> > > > anatomy? And Van's about as gay as the Bad Lord Byron! Maybe it's
the
> > > > "pit" aspect that frightens Charles the Beloved; the same thing a
good
> > > > old heter like King Lear once condemned as "the sulphurous pit."
> > > >
> > > > On the Gradiva thing: in the Thirties, Salvador Dali labeled a
portait
> > of
> > > > his wife "Gala-Gradiva, celle qui avance."
> > > >
> > > > Good heavens, I seem to be free-associating as wildly as a veteran
> from
> > > > the Pynchon list! Enough.
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > >
> > > > Tom
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client:
http://www.opera.com/m2/
> >
> >
>
From: "Jansy Berndt de Souza Mello" <jansy@aetern.us>
>
> ----------------- Message requiring your approval (71
lines) ------------------
> Hello, Tom
> before continuing with the intriguing theme of mirrors ( arising in
> puddles, in a train window against a dark background, reflecting endless
> monkeys such as in " Glory" )
> there was a question I´d like to ask concerning your reference to
"shaving
> Ada´s three mousepits". Why did you observe: " Antiterran anatomy"?
> There are two armpits and a "frightening sulphurous pit".
> Thank you for the beautiful transition from five year olds playing
> through mirror images to reach the full gala of Saint Paul´s whispering
> gallery.
> Jansy Mello
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "D. Barton Johnson" <chtodel@cox.net>
> To: <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 3:07 PM
> Subject: Fw: Fleur de Fyler and Gradiva...
>
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Tom Rymour" <tom@discobolus.co.za>
> > To: "D. Barton Johnson" <chtodel@cox.net>
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 12:34 AM
> > Subject: Fwd: Fleur de Fyler and Gradiva...
> >
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >> > Have just worked my way through the latest avalanche of postings,
> which
> > > > prompted a couple of animadversions:
> > > >
> > > > The infinitely-reflected Fleur: when I was about five, I suppose, my
> > > > brother Alex discovered a miracle. When we crawled into the
> mirror-lined
> > > > display window of our grandfather's baker's shop, we saw infinite
> copies
> > > > of ourselves. Some small misalignment made the receding images of
two
> > wee
> > > > Scots boys curve away like the whispering gallery of St Paul's
> Cathedral
> > > > in London.
> > > >
> > > > Fleur is not the only girl in VN's oeuvre to have three patches of
> body
> > > > hair. I seem to recall a tryst on an island in a river where Van
> brings
> > > > along a razor and relieves Ada of her three "mouse pits." Antiterran
> > > > anatomy? And Van's about as gay as the Bad Lord Byron! Maybe it's
the
> > > > "pit" aspect that frightens Charles the Beloved; the same thing a
good
> > > > old heter like King Lear once condemned as "the sulphurous pit."
> > > >
> > > > On the Gradiva thing: in the Thirties, Salvador Dali labeled a
portait
> > of
> > > > his wife "Gala-Gradiva, celle qui avance."
> > > >
> > > > Good heavens, I seem to be free-associating as wildly as a veteran
> from
> > > > the Pynchon list! Enough.
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > >
> > > > Tom
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client:
http://www.opera.com/m2/
> >
> >
>