Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0015183, Thu, 26 Apr 2007 23:01:40 EDT

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Re: [ Thoughts] A reference to Erlkönig in a parody abou t T.S.Eliot
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In a message dated 4/26/2007 6:25:52 PM Central Daylight Time,
jansy@AETERN.US writes:
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> I thought that M. Buttle's rendering about T.S.Eliot, annotations and the
> Erlkönig in a parody could serve to emphasize aspects of T.S.Eliot's work
> which might have equally inspired VN.
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I've been teaching a VN seminar this semester, and the PF allusion to Goethe
is not the first one. But I'm not sure where I saw it first--Bend Sinister,
perhaps? Anyway, I'm pretty sure it appears somewhere before PF.

Eliot, of course, references it in The Waste Land.

In PF the reference seems to relate to Hazel's being spirited away into the
"other" land.

I also noted the conversation between Sybil and John Shade concerning the
possible spiritual manifestations from the dead Hazel. This passage seems to
connect with the famous husband-wife dialogue in TheWaste Land.

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