Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0001871, Sun, 23 Mar 1997 14:43:05 -0800

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Re: GLORY: Moon's homosexuality (fwd)
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> EDITOR's NOTE. Two thoughts: 1) It might be interesting look at Kinbote as
> the Moon character "writ (very) large."

Kartsev:
> this sexual polarity parallels precisely their contrasting attitudes
> towards Russia. Moon's Russia is an artifact, and his love for it can be
> interpreted as sterile "homosexual" love, while Martin's final romantic

Yes--these go together with "the moon's a thief" idea from Timon in Pale
Fire: the moon merely reflects the sun's light to earth as Moon's Russia
is reflected to the world outside Russia. A mini-Platonism within the
World's a Stage larger one.

Priscilla