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Nabokov's admirers: White, Burgess, Barth
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Edmund White seems to show VN's influence, though, in my opinion, his
style is very different from VN's. Anthony Burgess' work shows rather
less evidence of VN's "influence" than most other contemporaries,
although
he and VN admired each other. John Barth (On Barth, did he share VN's
birthday?) and John Cheever also show some knowledge, if not influence,
of
VN's works.
On Sat, 17 Feb 2001, D. Barton Johnson wrote:
> EDITOR's NOTE. Below are some writers who write in the shadow of Nabokov. A
> question of my own --- I've not read Arundhati Roy. Do any of you who have
> agree (or disagree) with Kevin Fraier's suggestion. Also any thoughts on the
> _Fear of Flying_ parallel to the HH/LO trip?
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> From: "Kevin Frazier" <frazier@hkkk.fi>
>
> ----------------- Message requiring your approval (39
> lines) ------------------
> Here are some obvious suggestions:
>
> Arundhati Roy (The God of Small Things has phrases in it that are almost
> identical to certain characteristic phrases in Lolita and Ada)
>
> Martin Amis
>
> Julian Barnes
>
> John Updike
>
> Gore Vidal (in his argument with scholars about his Lincoln novel, Vidal
> mimics Nabokov's "reach for my heaviest dictionary" statement in the Wilson
> debate)
>
> Anthony Burgess
>
> Erica Jong (the trip around Europe in Fear of Flying is a deliberate parody
> of the trip around the US in Lolita)
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > At 11:20 16.2.2001 -0800, you wrote:
> > >-------------------
> > >Dear List:
> > >
> > >I am writing to solicit your help in compiling a list of writers who
> > >were
> > >influenced by Nabokov. There are many of course, and I hope to collect
> > >as
> > >many names as possible.
> > >
> > >With thanks in advance,
> > >Dana Dragunoiu
> >
>
Cheers!
yours
Kiran
"the impossible [will take] a little longer...."
-Vicki Moore
http://www.physics.usyd.edu.au/~kiran
Edmund White seems to show VN's influence, though, in my opinion, his
style is very different from VN's. Anthony Burgess' work shows rather
less evidence of VN's "influence" than most other contemporaries,
although
he and VN admired each other. John Barth (On Barth, did he share VN's
birthday?) and John Cheever also show some knowledge, if not influence,
of
VN's works.
On Sat, 17 Feb 2001, D. Barton Johnson wrote:
> EDITOR's NOTE. Below are some writers who write in the shadow of Nabokov. A
> question of my own --- I've not read Arundhati Roy. Do any of you who have
> agree (or disagree) with Kevin Fraier's suggestion. Also any thoughts on the
> _Fear of Flying_ parallel to the HH/LO trip?
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> From: "Kevin Frazier" <frazier@hkkk.fi>
>
> ----------------- Message requiring your approval (39
> lines) ------------------
> Here are some obvious suggestions:
>
> Arundhati Roy (The God of Small Things has phrases in it that are almost
> identical to certain characteristic phrases in Lolita and Ada)
>
> Martin Amis
>
> Julian Barnes
>
> John Updike
>
> Gore Vidal (in his argument with scholars about his Lincoln novel, Vidal
> mimics Nabokov's "reach for my heaviest dictionary" statement in the Wilson
> debate)
>
> Anthony Burgess
>
> Erica Jong (the trip around Europe in Fear of Flying is a deliberate parody
> of the trip around the US in Lolita)
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > At 11:20 16.2.2001 -0800, you wrote:
> > >-------------------
> > >Dear List:
> > >
> > >I am writing to solicit your help in compiling a list of writers who
> > >were
> > >influenced by Nabokov. There are many of course, and I hope to collect
> > >as
> > >many names as possible.
> > >
> > >With thanks in advance,
> > >Dana Dragunoiu
> >
>
Cheers!
yours
Kiran
"the impossible [will take] a little longer...."
-Vicki Moore
http://www.physics.usyd.edu.au/~kiran