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Fwd: Nabokov and Ernst Juenger - entomology,
stereoscopy and perhaps more?
stereoscopy and perhaps more?
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Dear all with particular attention to Dmitri Nabokov,
I'm actually inquiring the parallel worlds of Nabokov and german writer
Ernst Jünger. There is one obvious parallel: the entomology. Juenger was
one of the great entomologic scholars in Germany. He specialized in
coleoptera (bugs). Juengers "Gestalt-Denken" is very much influenced by his
entomological studies - and vice versa. The body of the insect, the
structure of the system and the body of the text are corresponding. Form in
nature and form in art relate. Juenger made some interesting thoughts on
this ("Typus, Name, Gestalt"). In Ns "Strong Opinions" there are some
interesting hints pointing in the same direction.
There is one other interesting analogy: Jüngers so called stereoscopic view
reminds me of Ns synesthetic faculties and its aesthetic consequences. I
think there are perhaps some more coincidences which would make a
comparison of both authors - who are at first glance in aesthetic and other
matters far apart from each other - worthwile.
So I'm digging and here is my concern: Does anyone (DN?) know if N has
talked about or even read some work of Ernst Juenger? Are there any traces?
Thank you very much in advance,
Sincerely
Dr. Alexander Pschera (Germany)
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I'm actually inquiring the parallel worlds of Nabokov and german writer
Ernst Jünger. There is one obvious parallel: the entomology. Juenger was
one of the great entomologic scholars in Germany. He specialized in
coleoptera (bugs). Juengers "Gestalt-Denken" is very much influenced by his
entomological studies - and vice versa. The body of the insect, the
structure of the system and the body of the text are corresponding. Form in
nature and form in art relate. Juenger made some interesting thoughts on
this ("Typus, Name, Gestalt"). In Ns "Strong Opinions" there are some
interesting hints pointing in the same direction.
There is one other interesting analogy: Jüngers so called stereoscopic view
reminds me of Ns synesthetic faculties and its aesthetic consequences. I
think there are perhaps some more coincidences which would make a
comparison of both authors - who are at first glance in aesthetic and other
matters far apart from each other - worthwile.
So I'm digging and here is my concern: Does anyone (DN?) know if N has
talked about or even read some work of Ernst Juenger? Are there any traces?
Thank you very much in advance,
Sincerely
Dr. Alexander Pschera (Germany)
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