Dear Carolyn,
Concerning my observation: "I have the
impression that your hypothesis concerning the identity of CK and JS would
become richer and more workable as a thing Nabokovian, if RLS's novel and
allegories were less emphasized ..."
you noted: "All I can say in my own
defense is that I took my clues from Pale Fire. But you are right. This
is only one among other clues that lead me to the multiple-personality
solution."
What I had been wondering about, together with the "single-minded"
preference for RLS taken as a key-work to interpret PF, concerned your
choice of the "multiple personality disorder" as a solution for
the Shade/Kinbote/Gradus problem.
Jansy