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Nemser would have been more daring and, indeed, more interesting, if he
would have given us his own translations of the poems he cites.
Nabokov wrote: *My method may be wrong but it is a method, and a genuine
critic's job should have been to examine the method itself instead
of crossly fishing out of my pond some of the oddities with which I had
deliberately stocked it.*
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Furthermore: I can't help thinking that Nemser has been heavily influenced
by Brian Boyd's criticism of Nabokov's *Onegin* translation.
2009/2/23 Fet, Victor <fet@marshall.edu>
> *To whom it may concern:*
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> * *
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> *II vehemently protest the title of this (otherwise interesting) Alexander
> Nemser* review. *
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> *Whatever one's literary persuasion is, Nemser has no right to compare
> Nabokov to (historical) Count Dracula even in jest. *
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> *If this is sense of Mr Nemser's humor, I suggest a title for a Pasternak
> review: "Boris Good-Enough".*
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> *Not funny, not appreciated, and probably an apology is due for a very bad
> taste.*
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> *Victor Fet,
> Marshall University*
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> *West Virginia***
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> Alexander Nemser grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts. A Literature major at
> Yale and Phi Beta Kappa member, he studies English and Russian poetry. His
> poems have appeared in the New York Times and are forthcoming in The
> Atlantic Monthly and the film The Good Shepherd, directed by Robert DeNiro.
> He has won the Meeker, Veech, and Curtis Prizes in English from Yale and
> First Prize in the 2004 Atlantic Monthly Student Writing Contest, and read
> in the 2005 Connecticut Student Poetry Circuit. He wrote his thesis on the
> poets Robert Lowell and Boris Pasternak. He plans to pursue an MPhil in
> European Literature at Oxford.
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> From :
> http://www.marshallscholarship.org/scholars/profiles/2006scholars/n-r
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> *From:* Vladimir Nabokov Forum [mailto:NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU] *On
> Behalf Of *Nabokv-L
> *Sent:* Monday, February 23, 2009 10:54 AM
> *To:* NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
> *Subject:* [NABOKV-L] The New Republic review of Verses and Versions
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> *Subject: *
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> The New Republic Story
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> Mon, 23 Feb 2009 09:42:07 -0500
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> *From: *
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> paroth@skidmore.edu
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> *To: *
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> Nabokv-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
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> "Vlad the Impaler"
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> http://www.tnr.com/toc/story.html?id=34bd480e-1fab-48ed-9428-2097aae8c8aa&k=15950
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> Much to, shall we say, chew on here, including the title!
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>
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> I choked on it - VF
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would have given us his own translations of the poems he cites.
Nabokov wrote: *My method may be wrong but it is a method, and a genuine
critic's job should have been to examine the method itself instead
of crossly fishing out of my pond some of the oddities with which I had
deliberately stocked it.*
**
Furthermore: I can't help thinking that Nemser has been heavily influenced
by Brian Boyd's criticism of Nabokov's *Onegin* translation.
2009/2/23 Fet, Victor <fet@marshall.edu>
> *To whom it may concern:*
>
> * *
>
> *II vehemently protest the title of this (otherwise interesting) Alexander
> Nemser* review. *
>
> * *
>
> *Whatever one's literary persuasion is, Nemser has no right to compare
> Nabokov to (historical) Count Dracula even in jest. *
>
> * *
>
> *If this is sense of Mr Nemser's humor, I suggest a title for a Pasternak
> review: "Boris Good-Enough".*
>
> * *
>
> *Not funny, not appreciated, and probably an apology is due for a very bad
> taste.*
>
> * *
>
> * *
>
> *Victor Fet,
> Marshall University*
>
> *West Virginia***
>
> * *
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *
>
> Alexander Nemser grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts. A Literature major at
> Yale and Phi Beta Kappa member, he studies English and Russian poetry. His
> poems have appeared in the New York Times and are forthcoming in The
> Atlantic Monthly and the film The Good Shepherd, directed by Robert DeNiro.
> He has won the Meeker, Veech, and Curtis Prizes in English from Yale and
> First Prize in the 2004 Atlantic Monthly Student Writing Contest, and read
> in the 2005 Connecticut Student Poetry Circuit. He wrote his thesis on the
> poets Robert Lowell and Boris Pasternak. He plans to pursue an MPhil in
> European Literature at Oxford.
>
>
>
> From :
> http://www.marshallscholarship.org/scholars/profiles/2006scholars/n-r
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* Vladimir Nabokov Forum [mailto:NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU] *On
> Behalf Of *Nabokv-L
> *Sent:* Monday, February 23, 2009 10:54 AM
> *To:* NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
> *Subject:* [NABOKV-L] The New Republic review of Verses and Versions
>
>
>
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
>
> *Subject: *
>
> The New Republic Story
>
> *Date: *
>
> Mon, 23 Feb 2009 09:42:07 -0500
>
> *From: *
>
> paroth@skidmore.edu
>
> *To: *
>
> Nabokv-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
>
>
>
>
> "Vlad the Impaler"
>
>
> http://www.tnr.com/toc/story.html?id=34bd480e-1fab-48ed-9428-2097aae8c8aa&k=15950
>
> Much to, shall we say, chew on here, including the title!
>
>
>
> I choked on it - VF
> Search the archive<http://www.google.com/advanced_search?q=site:listserv.ucsb.edu&HL=en> Contact
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