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Re: Drs Sutcliff & Clifton
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Carolyn and Jerry,
Jusr a footnote. I did a search of combinations and "Sut" and "ton" and
didn't come up with anything interesting. Somebody might re-check, althopuogh
there is no reason to think any revelations will be forthcoming.
Best, Don J.
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Quoting Carolyn Kunin <chaiselongue@EARTHLINK.NET>:
> [N. 119, on Drs. Sutcliff and Clifton] "One had a daughter,
> president of Sybil's club--and this is the Dr. Sutton I
> visualize in my notes to lines 181 and 1000."
>
> [Now we go to n. 181] "Oh, I saw them all. I saw ancient Dr.
> Sutton, a snowy-headed, perfectly oval little gentleman arrive
> in a tottering Ford with his tall daughter, Mrs. Starr, a war
> widow."
>
> If Kinbote saw Dr. Sutton, why does he say he visualized him?
> Is Kinbote telling us that he didn't really see Dr. Sutton, or
> the other guests at Shade's party? Or what?
>
> Dear Jerry,
>
> I was hoping someone else would have an answer for you, because I don't, but
> this is definitely part of the medicine & psychiatry theme in PF. The names
> of the doctors have been scrambled (Kinbote says so somewhere) like
> Wordsmith and Goldsworth. It is clearly part of a riddle, but no one seems
> to have solved it yet including truly yours,
>
> Carolyn
>
>
>
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Jusr a footnote. I did a search of combinations and "Sut" and "ton" and
didn't come up with anything interesting. Somebody might re-check, althopuogh
there is no reason to think any revelations will be forthcoming.
Best, Don J.
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Quoting Carolyn Kunin <chaiselongue@EARTHLINK.NET>:
> [N. 119, on Drs. Sutcliff and Clifton] "One had a daughter,
> president of Sybil's club--and this is the Dr. Sutton I
> visualize in my notes to lines 181 and 1000."
>
> [Now we go to n. 181] "Oh, I saw them all. I saw ancient Dr.
> Sutton, a snowy-headed, perfectly oval little gentleman arrive
> in a tottering Ford with his tall daughter, Mrs. Starr, a war
> widow."
>
> If Kinbote saw Dr. Sutton, why does he say he visualized him?
> Is Kinbote telling us that he didn't really see Dr. Sutton, or
> the other guests at Shade's party? Or what?
>
> Dear Jerry,
>
> I was hoping someone else would have an answer for you, because I don't, but
> this is definitely part of the medicine & psychiatry theme in PF. The names
> of the doctors have been scrambled (Kinbote says so somewhere) like
> Wordsmith and Goldsworth. It is clearly part of a riddle, but no one seems
> to have solved it yet including truly yours,
>
> Carolyn
>
>
>
> Search the archive: http://listserv.ucsb.edu/archives/nabokv-l.html
> Contact the Editors: mailto:nabokv-l@utk.edu,nabokv-l@holycross.edu
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