Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0008967, Tue, 25 Nov 2003 13:57:23 -0800

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From: "Charles Nicol" <ejnicol@isugw.indstate.edu>
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> If I remember correctly, this was simply the title of Sebastian's first
> novel.
> Chaz
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> Re: QUERY: Question about the Prismatic Bezel
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> From: Carolyn Kunin
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> Dear Nabokovians:
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> I remember there being a remark, either in The Real Life of Sebastian
> Knight
> or in criticism about the novel, regarding the Prismatic Bezel - the
> term
> bezel is both a word for a kind of cut as well as for the tool used
> to make
> that cut (I believe). I remember there being, perhaps, some sort of
> word
> (or more elegant way) to describe this linguistic feat.
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> Can anyone help me out? A friend is working on a paper on
> bibliography, and
> the way he is using the term reminds me of the Nabokov cite.
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> Thank you, in advance, for any help you can offer.
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> Marianne
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> Dear Marianne,
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> I doubt if this will be of any help, and I don't think it answers your
> question, but it is interesting that the same French word, chaton,
> refers both to Sebastian Knight's bezel and to Pale Fire's catkin. I
> don't think there's any word to discribe that linguistic feat!
>
> Carolyn