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EDNOTE: Mr. Nicol is among the founding fathers of the International
Vladimir Nabokov.
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From: "Charles Nicol" <ejnicol@scifac.indstate.edu>
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> When Sontag's essay on Camp came out, I thought it was
> somewhat relevant to Kinbote's sensibility in PALE FIRE.
> Incidentally, while I was playing at a chess tournament in Kalamazoo,
> circa 1965, Sontag gave a talk there which seemed mostly a list of
> names of contemporary authors, composers, and painters who somehow
> had earned her approval. In the questions period afterward, I
> specifically asked why she had singled out Boulez and not Stockhausen
> (she turned out to be right on that one), and why Borges and not
> Nabokov. Her reply was basically along the lines of "Nabokov? No,
> Borges." So she wasn't too impressed back then.
>
> Chaz
> Charles Nicol
> Professor of English and Humanities
> Indiana State University
> Terre Haute, IN 47809
> U.S.A.
> (812) 237-3152
> FAX (812) 237-3156
> chaz@indstate.edu
>
> "For me a work of fiction only exists insofar as it affords me
> what I shall bluntly call aesthetic bliss..."
> --Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Nicol" <ejnicol@scifac.indstate.edu>
> ----------------- Message requiring your approval (24
lines) ------------------
> When Sontag's essay on Camp came out, I thought it was
> somewhat relevant to Kinbote's sensibility in PALE FIRE.
> Incidentally, while I was playing at a chess tournament in Kalamazoo,
> circa 1965, Sontag gave a talk there which seemed mostly a list of
> names of contemporary authors, composers, and painters who somehow
> had earned her approval. In the questions period afterward, I
> specifically asked why she had singled out Boulez and not Stockhausen
> (she turned out to be right on that one), and why Borges and not
> Nabokov. Her reply was basically along the lines of "Nabokov? No,
> Borges." So she wasn't too impressed back then.
>
> Chaz
> Charles Nicol
> Professor of English and Humanities
> Indiana State University
> Terre Haute, IN 47809
> U.S.A.
> (812) 237-3152
> FAX (812) 237-3156
> chaz@indstate.edu
>
> "For me a work of fiction only exists insofar as it affords me
> what I shall bluntly call aesthetic bliss..."
> --Vladimir Nabokov