Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0010015, Sat, 10 Jul 2004 10:09:19 -0700

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Re: TT-2/mnemoptical (fwd)
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Date: Saturday, July 10, 2004 3:40 AM -0700
From: Brian Howell <fanshaw@123mail.org>
------------------ I don't have much to add at the moment, save to say that
the description of the lead pencil is quite a tour de force.

As for the 'mnemoptical trick', I am wondering if the red/green trope is
a reference to MacBeth's making 'the green one (the water) red (with
Duncan's blood)'? That might be very fanciful, but Shakespeare is
mentioned later in the chapter.

Brian Howell



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