Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0007016, Mon, 4 Nov 2002 10:41:46 -0800

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Fw: Fw:C. Kunin query for Mr Friedman
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From: "Nick Grundy" <nick@bsad.org>
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> Carolyn Kunin wrote:
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> >If I may change the emphasis, why do you think he speaks of demons of
our
> pity? Since we know that Nabokov associates >pity with art, the diabolical
> association seems strange.
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> The "demons of our pity" are especially strange given Shade's assertion to
> Kinbote that "the password is pity", isn't it?
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