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Nabokov cited in two new books (fwd)
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EDITOR's NOTE. NABOKV-L thanks D.K. Holm for the following info. This is a
good example of one of the basic functions I had in mind for NABOKV-L. It
calls attention to out-of-the-way materials that might be overlooked by
the VN researcher and briefly evaluates them.
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From: D.K. Holm <dkholm@pop.nwlink.com>
A new bio of Mary McCarthy, "Seeing Mary Plain," by Frances Kiernan, NY,
1999, Norton, 843 pages, $35, ISBN 0 393 03801 7, has the expected
references to Nabokov in connection with Lolita and her review of Pale
Fire. Nothing extensive or new, just the basic stuff, and somewhat less
than what Kiernan's predecessors have supplied. By the way, Kiernan came
across to me as having sympathy for Edmund Wilson, unlike some previous
bios of McCarthy.
A book called "Pushkin's Tatiana," by Olga Peters Hasty, University of
Wisconsin Press, 1999, ISBN 0 299 16404 7, has about 25 references to
Nabokov, mostly in the notes. Haven't read this one yet, but the jacket
says that it's a new interpretation of Eugene Onegin that takes Tatiana (to
be reductive about it) as the real central character. A citing of Nabokov
over pages 86-87 proved to be negative, and I hope is not indicative of
other references to VN.
D K Holm
Cinemonkey.com
good example of one of the basic functions I had in mind for NABOKV-L. It
calls attention to out-of-the-way materials that might be overlooked by
the VN researcher and briefly evaluates them.
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From: D.K. Holm <dkholm@pop.nwlink.com>
A new bio of Mary McCarthy, "Seeing Mary Plain," by Frances Kiernan, NY,
1999, Norton, 843 pages, $35, ISBN 0 393 03801 7, has the expected
references to Nabokov in connection with Lolita and her review of Pale
Fire. Nothing extensive or new, just the basic stuff, and somewhat less
than what Kiernan's predecessors have supplied. By the way, Kiernan came
across to me as having sympathy for Edmund Wilson, unlike some previous
bios of McCarthy.
A book called "Pushkin's Tatiana," by Olga Peters Hasty, University of
Wisconsin Press, 1999, ISBN 0 299 16404 7, has about 25 references to
Nabokov, mostly in the notes. Haven't read this one yet, but the jacket
says that it's a new interpretation of Eugene Onegin that takes Tatiana (to
be reductive about it) as the real central character. A citing of Nabokov
over pages 86-87 proved to be negative, and I hope is not indicative of
other references to VN.
D K Holm
Cinemonkey.com