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Self-assuredness comes naturally from comparing poets as who is better. What
works wonders for Super Ball wrecks havoc in this ball game. I admit, VN
himself, used harsh words, but those his comparisons were more appraisals of
the entire body of works, by somebody who lived there. While it is easy to
start by saying that one is better, while the other is worse, with catchy
one liners (thats what they teach in schools these days, isnt it, how to
think shallow) it is what follows thats the fun part.
What often pricks up my ears on Nabokov-L is the simplistic argumentation of
many of VNs critics. And not because I am sycophant as some may think but
because the problems we are solving here are not tame, they are what is
described in other fields as wicked. As opposed to tame ones wicked problems
always require a pause after deep analysis of the context - before solving
phase. Tame solutions do not apply.
- George
> I consider the criticism we discuss as naive, not fair. Naïve and too
self-assured criticism easily becomes denigration.
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works wonders for Super Ball wrecks havoc in this ball game. I admit, VN
himself, used harsh words, but those his comparisons were more appraisals of
the entire body of works, by somebody who lived there. While it is easy to
start by saying that one is better, while the other is worse, with catchy
one liners (thats what they teach in schools these days, isnt it, how to
think shallow) it is what follows thats the fun part.
What often pricks up my ears on Nabokov-L is the simplistic argumentation of
many of VNs critics. And not because I am sycophant as some may think but
because the problems we are solving here are not tame, they are what is
described in other fields as wicked. As opposed to tame ones wicked problems
always require a pause after deep analysis of the context - before solving
phase. Tame solutions do not apply.
- George
> I consider the criticism we discuss as naive, not fair. Naïve and too
self-assured criticism easily becomes denigration.
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