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From: "Dane Gill" <pennyparkerpark@hotmail.com>
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> First off I'd have to say that VN never wrote anything close to poshlust.
> Secondly, I remember reading somewhere that VN hated writers that actually
> wrote out the dialects of their characters (I'm not talking about a couple
> sentences...I mean constantly, as in the case of Huck Finn or Tom
> Sawyer)...I cannot find exactly where this is written, sorry. I also
> understand that EW once suggested TS as reading material for a young DN to
> Vera Nabokov but that she disapproved of the novel.
> Dane Gill
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> >From: "D. Barton Johnson" <chtodel@cox.net>
> >Reply-To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
> >To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
> >Subject: Query: VN & Mark Twain
> >Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2004 11:47:52 -0800
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> >VN & Mark Twain
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: Michael Buhmann
> >To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
> >Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 9:58 AM
> >Subject: VN & Mark Twain
> >
> >
> >I just listened to some dry commentary on the radio regarding Mark Twain
> >and I was wondering if Nabokov had read much of Twain and what he had to
> >say about him. At first glance the two writers seem miles apart but on
> >closer inspection they do share some traits. They both portray a view of
> >contemporary America using humor, irony, and colloquial speech. They also
> >share that elusive quality of sympathy for humanity (or "tenderness"
which
> >was mentioned in a previous thread) which verges on sentimentality and
> >poshlust. Am I nuts or has someone else explored this connection?
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From: "Dane Gill" <pennyparkerpark@hotmail.com>
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> ----------------- Message requiring your approval (37
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> First off I'd have to say that VN never wrote anything close to poshlust.
> Secondly, I remember reading somewhere that VN hated writers that actually
> wrote out the dialects of their characters (I'm not talking about a couple
> sentences...I mean constantly, as in the case of Huck Finn or Tom
> Sawyer)...I cannot find exactly where this is written, sorry. I also
> understand that EW once suggested TS as reading material for a young DN to
> Vera Nabokov but that she disapproved of the novel.
> Dane Gill
>
>
> >From: "D. Barton Johnson" <chtodel@cox.net>
> >Reply-To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
> >To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
> >Subject: Query: VN & Mark Twain
> >Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2004 11:47:52 -0800
> >
> >VN & Mark Twain
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: Michael Buhmann
> >To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
> >Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 9:58 AM
> >Subject: VN & Mark Twain
> >
> >
> >I just listened to some dry commentary on the radio regarding Mark Twain
> >and I was wondering if Nabokov had read much of Twain and what he had to
> >say about him. At first glance the two writers seem miles apart but on
> >closer inspection they do share some traits. They both portray a view of
> >contemporary America using humor, irony, and colloquial speech. They also
> >share that elusive quality of sympathy for humanity (or "tenderness"
which
> >was mentioned in a previous thread) which verges on sentimentality and
> >poshlust. Am I nuts or has someone else explored this connection?
>
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