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Re: THOUGHTS/QUERY: Zertsalo, V. I. Lukin
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Many thanks to Gavriel Shapiro for pointing me to the Lukin EO note.
Nabokov calls Lukin's play "charming," especially in comparison to his
contemporaries. But is Nabokov wrong about the source? In his note VN says
that Lukin was imitating the French writer Pierre Claude Nivelle de la
Chausee. Others, however, clearly point to Lukin's play being an imitation
of Robert Dodsley's "The Toy-Shop." Indeed, the description of Lukin's
play seems pretty clearly to mimic the Dodsley--though interesting that VN
doesn't mention the Lorgnette.
Matt Roth
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Nabokov calls Lukin's play "charming," especially in comparison to his
contemporaries. But is Nabokov wrong about the source? In his note VN says
that Lukin was imitating the French writer Pierre Claude Nivelle de la
Chausee. Others, however, clearly point to Lukin's play being an imitation
of Robert Dodsley's "The Toy-Shop." Indeed, the description of Lukin's
play seems pretty clearly to mimic the Dodsley--though interesting that VN
doesn't mention the Lorgnette.
Matt Roth
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