NABOKV-L post 0012137, Fri, 25 Nov 2005 14:43:13 -0800

I thought it was a deliberate allusion to Laure's Francesco di ser
Petracco, called Pétrarque, the famous Italian poet- ?

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From: "Donald B. Johnson" <chtodel@gss.ucsb.edu>
To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 12:43:45 -0800
Subject: Fwd: Dante & Laura..

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> Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 12:21:33 -0800
> From: Carolyn Kunin <chaiselongue@earthlink.net>
> Reply-To: Carolyn Kunin <chaiselongue@earthlink.net>
> Subject: Dante & Laura..
> To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum
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> The name Laura too - - any Dante association there?
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> There do turn out to be links connecting Laura, Dante, peacocks and
> possibly
> Can Grande. Unfortunately I won't have the time to pursue them for a
> while,
> but for others who are interested I can refer you to a book by Mark
> Mirsky,
> "Dante, Eros, & Kabbalah" - - particularly pages 166-167 and possibly
> ff.
>
> Carolyn
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> EDNOTE. Could be. What re the classic noir film "Laura" (1944) based
> on, I
> think, Very Caspary's novel?
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