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Shade reads everything to Sybil, and Sybil translates poetry from
English to French. Wouldn't she make sure his "Baudelaire" was
pronounced correctly?
--Rachel
On Feb 9, 2007, at 8:39 PM, Nabokv-L wrote:
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> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: RG on MR meter comment
> Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2007 13:26:37 -0800
> From: Matthew Roth <mroth@MESSIAH.EDU>
> To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
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> RG: "Baudelaire" for Nabokov is obviously a two-syllable word.
>
> MR: But the author of the poem is John Shade. Kinbote seems to
> think that
> the question of the "e" is at least worth mentioning, which must
> mean that
> a pronounced "e" is not out of the question. Indeed, Kinbote's "I
> am quite
> certain" strikes me as one of those moments when we should be wary
> of his
> certainty. All that aside, if we do need two syllables for the ---,
> not
> one, the spondee "John Shade" is more likely than "Kinbote," who
> wouldn't
> fit in the catalog of poets. I like "Kit Smart" too, and I would
> add "John
> Clare," which would provide a nice chime with Baudelaire. Still,
> it's not
> clear why Shade wouldn't have wanted to write out the name if it's
> just an
> historical figure. Kinbote asks the right question: why couldn't Shade
> write it out?
>
> Matt
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