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From: "Maxim D. Shrayer" <shrayerm@bc.edu>
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> Dear Colleagues,
>
>
> Dmitri Nabokov’s characteristic of Nikolai Melnikov
> is actually rather charitable given the anti-Semitic
> and blasphemous comments this individual has made in
> connection with the Jewish themes (especially the
> Shoah) in the writings of Vladimir Nabokov. I
> attach Melnikov’s review of my book “Nabokov: temy i
> variatsii” (Nabokov: Themes and Variations, 2000)
> and my response. It’s an old hat by now, but I
> thought I’d share it with the list. I’m sorry that
> both Melnikov’s review and my response are in
> Russian and therefore inaccessible to some of the
> list’s subscribers:
>
> http://www.libraries.psu.edu/iasweb/nabokov/shranlo.htm
>
> While strong language isn't always effective or well
> placed, in this case I also wouldn’t mince words in
> likening Mr. Melnikov to a receptacle of certain
> small, creepy (and, I should add, virulently
> xenophobic) microorganisms.
>
>
> With best regards,
>
> Maxim D. Shrayer
> 19 July 2003
>
> --
> Maxim D. Shrayer
> Professor of Russian & English
> Department of Slavic and Eastern Languages
> Boston College
> Lyons Hall 210
> 140 Commonwealth Avenue
> Chestnut Hill, MA 02467-3804 USA
>
> shrayerm@bc.edu
> tel. (617) 552-3911 fax. (617) 552-3913
> http://fmwww.bc.edu/SL-V/ShrayerM.html
> ---
>
From: "Maxim D. Shrayer" <shrayerm@bc.edu>
>
> ----------------- Message requiring your approval (44
lines) ------------------
> Dear Colleagues,
>
>
> Dmitri Nabokov’s characteristic of Nikolai Melnikov
> is actually rather charitable given the anti-Semitic
> and blasphemous comments this individual has made in
> connection with the Jewish themes (especially the
> Shoah) in the writings of Vladimir Nabokov. I
> attach Melnikov’s review of my book “Nabokov: temy i
> variatsii” (Nabokov: Themes and Variations, 2000)
> and my response. It’s an old hat by now, but I
> thought I’d share it with the list. I’m sorry that
> both Melnikov’s review and my response are in
> Russian and therefore inaccessible to some of the
> list’s subscribers:
>
> http://www.libraries.psu.edu/iasweb/nabokov/shranlo.htm
>
> While strong language isn't always effective or well
> placed, in this case I also wouldn’t mince words in
> likening Mr. Melnikov to a receptacle of certain
> small, creepy (and, I should add, virulently
> xenophobic) microorganisms.
>
>
> With best regards,
>
> Maxim D. Shrayer
> 19 July 2003
>
> --
> Maxim D. Shrayer
> Professor of Russian & English
> Department of Slavic and Eastern Languages
> Boston College
> Lyons Hall 210
> 140 Commonwealth Avenue
> Chestnut Hill, MA 02467-3804 USA
>
> shrayerm@bc.edu
> tel. (617) 552-3911 fax. (617) 552-3913
> http://fmwww.bc.edu/SL-V/ShrayerM.html
> ---
>