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Jansy: lotsa clues if you google Quercus ruslan Chat.,
Note the capital C and full-stop in Chat., indicating an abbreviated proper
noun. This makes Chateaubriand a tad more plausible than cat!
Stan Kelly-Bootle
On 19/04/2013 02:29, "Jansy" <jansy@AETERN.US> wrote:
> C. Kunin: The legendary oak appears in the prolog to Pushkin's first popular
> success, his fairy tale epic 'Russlan and Ludmilla', a famous opera by Glinka
> based thereon is still beloved of many (V Markov's favorite composer, by the
> way). The poema is referred to by Pushkin himself in the second stanza of
> E.O.: I don't recall 'Pushkin's poem in Ada, but assume it must be a fragment
> of R & L. How to relate the one to the other is something someone else will
> have to undertake.
>
> Jansy Mello: Quoting - " The first item in the evil series had projected one
> of Van¹s initial impressions of Ardis Manor at an angle that differed from
> that of his own recollection. Its area lay between the shadow of a calèche
> darkening the gravel and the white step of a pillared porch shining in the sun
> [ ].Then came several preparatory views of the immediate grounds: the
> colutea circle, an avenue, the grotto¹s black O, and the hill, and the big
> chain around the trunk of the rare oak, Quercus ruslan Chat., and a number of
> other spots meant to be picturesque by the compiler of the illustrated
> pamphlet but looking a little shabby owing to inexperienced photography.".
> These references were discussed in the List by Sklyarenko et alii. Chat =
> cat? Chateaubriand?
>
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Note the capital C and full-stop in Chat., indicating an abbreviated proper
noun. This makes Chateaubriand a tad more plausible than cat!
Stan Kelly-Bootle
On 19/04/2013 02:29, "Jansy" <jansy@AETERN.US> wrote:
> C. Kunin: The legendary oak appears in the prolog to Pushkin's first popular
> success, his fairy tale epic 'Russlan and Ludmilla', a famous opera by Glinka
> based thereon is still beloved of many (V Markov's favorite composer, by the
> way). The poema is referred to by Pushkin himself in the second stanza of
> E.O.: I don't recall 'Pushkin's poem in Ada, but assume it must be a fragment
> of R & L. How to relate the one to the other is something someone else will
> have to undertake.
>
> Jansy Mello: Quoting - " The first item in the evil series had projected one
> of Van¹s initial impressions of Ardis Manor at an angle that differed from
> that of his own recollection. Its area lay between the shadow of a calèche
> darkening the gravel and the white step of a pillared porch shining in the sun
> [ ].Then came several preparatory views of the immediate grounds: the
> colutea circle, an avenue, the grotto¹s black O, and the hill, and the big
> chain around the trunk of the rare oak, Quercus ruslan Chat., and a number of
> other spots meant to be picturesque by the compiler of the illustrated
> pamphlet but looking a little shabby owing to inexperienced photography.".
> These references were discussed in the List by Sklyarenko et alii. Chat =
> cat? Chateaubriand?
>
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