Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0001413, Tue, 5 Nov 1996 10:35:22 -0800

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Re: ZEMBLA IN LYCOS TOP 5% (fwd)
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EDITOR'S NOTE. ZEMBLA, the Nabokov Web Site, just made the top 5% list
compiled by the LYCOS search engine people. Its description of the site
is below. The award is a testimony to the efforts of several people and
their institutions, but, most of all, to Jeff Edmunds at Penn State. The
award also presents an opportunity for a few words about the origins of
ZEMBLA.
ZEMBLA came about after preliminary discussions between Jeff
Edmunds, Suellen Stringer-Hye, myself and, later, Zoran Kuzmanovich. Jeff
Edmunds, Suellen Stringer-Hye and I had "met" through their very active
participation in NABOKV-L. This had resulted in Jeff Edmunds's assumption
of the Associate Editorship of the then new NABOKOV STUDIES and Suellen's
monthly VNCollations and other activities in connection with NABOKV-L.
After exploring the idea of a Nabokov Web site and obtaining suggestions
from NABOKV-L
subscribers, Jeff Edmunds, with the support of the Nabokov Society,
submitted his proposal to Dr. Gloriana St. Clair, then Associate Dean (and
now Interim Dean) of the University Libraries at Penn State. The Penn
State Libraries generously agreed to support the project. The site
(http://www.libraries.psu.edu/iasweb/nabokov/nsintro.htm) was designed
and implemented by Jeff Edmunds and opened December 1, 1995. The
principal contributions were: Dieter Zimmer's Nabokov critical
bibliography and VN address list, Gene Barabtarlo's photographs of
Nabokovian places, Suellen Stringer-Hye's Lolita materials, John DeMoss's
index to STRONG OPINIONS and Dieter Zimmer's to THE NABOKOV-WILSON
LETTERS, lists of archival sources, links to other relevant sites, and
much else. All of the graphics are designed by Jeff Edmunds. The site has
continued to expand. Since April 1996 ZEMBLA has had some 16,000 hits from
around the world.
I would like to congratulate Jeff Edmunds and thank all those, named
and unnamed, who have contributed to the success of ZEMBLA.
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> LYCOS DESCRIPTION

ZEMBLA: THE NABOKOV BUTTERFLY NET.
NABOKOV RESEARCH & RESOURCE GUIDE

LYCOS RATING: CONTEXT 38; PRESENTATION 34; EXPERIENCE 38

>Part of the Penn State University Libraries site, Zembla is a literary
>research and resource guide to the works and world of Vladimir Nabokov.
>The Nabokronology takes you on a guided tour of the author's life,
>perfectly headlined with the quote, "I confess I do not believe in time."
>Zembla also includes pages on and links to scholarly journals, lit crit
>essays and indices to volumes such as "The Nabokov-Wilson Letters." Though
>much of Zembla is serious, it does offer a glimpse of the lighter side of
>pop culture as expressed in and influenced by the creepy masterpiece
>"Lolita." You'll find an interview with the scriptwriter and cast notes on
>the latest "Lolita" film adaptation, and, at the CoLOlations page, links
>and info from the Electronic Nabokov Discussion Forum, NABOKV-L. CoLO also
>features such trivia as the fact that "Lolita Texas was named in 1910 for
>a local resident, Lolita Reese. The town nearly changed its name in the
>1950s due to the scandal surrounding Nabokov's novel."
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>D. Barton Johnson
>Department of Germanic, Slavic and Semitic Studies
>Phelps Hall
>University of California at Santa Barbara
>Santa Barbara, CA 93106
>Phone and Fax: (805) 687-1825
>Home Phone: (805) 682-4618
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