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In a message dated 2/23/09 1:32:40 PM, fet@MARSHALL.EDU writes:
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> To whom it may concern:
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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,
>
Victor, The title may not have been Nemser's. The titles of articles in
magazines and newspapers are often by an editor, not by the auther of the
article. Steve Diedrich
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