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> Proust´s theory about "involuntary memories" ?
Henri Bergon is behind Proust's ideas about memory. VN read Bergson.
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On Nov 14, 2004, at 12:45 PM, Donald B. Johnson wrote:
> Thanks, ED and Alyssa for tossing in a coin about time in Anna Karenin
> and
> Pnin, a very interesting track to explore.
>
> Alyssa expressed her misgivings about "misplaced memories" - a
> contrast to
> VN´s constant attempt to control or recreate his own ( he wrote in Ada
> that
> he "collected what he wanted to recollect" ...) The temporality arisen
> by
> our remembrances follows rules that don´t belong to clocks, historical
> sequencing and traditional physics... Does any of you know if VN ever
> commented Proust´s theory about "involuntary memories" ?
>
> Thanks, again.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Donald B. Johnson" <chtodel@gss.ucsb.edu>
> To: <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
> Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2004 11:51 PM
> Subject: Re: Fw: time synchronizatio: coin
>
>
> EDNOTE. Alyssa's idea crossed my minf as well.
>
> ----- Forwarded message from hsilep@yahoo.com -----
> Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 10:31:14 -0800 (PST)
> From: Alyssa Pelish <hsilep@yahoo.com>
>
> Jansy,
>
> I wonder if it's worth bringing up, on a related note, VN's (or
> Pnin's, at
> least) interest in the subtly skewed presentation of time in _Anna
> Karenina_.
> I think (though this may be a misplaced memory) he discusses this in
> his
> lecture on the latter novel. Seems to be part of a general
> fascination with
> time and patterns throughout time.
> Just thought I'd toss that out.
>
> Alyssa Pelish
>
> "D. Barton Johnson" <chtodel@cox.net> wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: Jansy Berndt de Souza Mello
> To: don barton johnson
> Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 6:42 PM
> Subject: coin
>
>
>
> Hi, Don,
> I wonder if the text below can interest you and the List. I´ll send it
> on
> anyway.
> The idea is to bring out VN´s fascination with J.Joyce´s
> synchronization
> devices.
> The lines in TT about the cockshuttle ( that appears twice, at least,
> after
> an
> interval of eight years), together with the theme of "picking up
> coins" can
> be
> associated to VN´s Lecture on James Joyce, when VN comments about
> Part two, ch. 7 of "Ulysses":
>
> " in the second section the synchronization begins (...) See the
> technique?
> It
> is now three. Kelleher sends a silent jet of hayjuice (...)and at the
> same
> time
> in another part of the town a generous white arm ( Molly Bloom´s) from
> a
> window
> in Eccles Street, three miles away to the northwest, flings forth a
> coin to
> the
> one-legged sailor who has by now reached Eccles Street (...) Lenehan´s
> walking
> (...) is synchronized with Molly Bloom replacing the card advertising
> an
> unfurnished apartment that has slipped from the sash when she opened
> it to
> fling the one-legged sailor a penny.
> And since at that same time Kelleher was talking...(...) we conclude
> with a
> tinge of artistic pleasure that sections 2,3 and 9 occurred
> simultaneously
> in
> different places.
> ( pag.331/332 or 3:00 o´clock ) F. Bowers ed.1980.
>
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