Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0007356, Mon, 6 Jan 2003 20:35:03 -0800

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> I ran across this searching for the Jung reference:
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> http://www.cgjungpage.org/mvajungseminar.html
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> from one Joseph Mann:
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> "I point out that Nabokov was not on good terms with the unconscious; in
> fact from his autobiography it appears he was afraid of the dark, had
great
> trouble sleeping and thought sleep was a deprivation from consciousness.
> What we appear to have is someone that thinks he fools Nemesis that
develops
> into a way to resolve a conflict, a life threatening need to escape a
> stifling ego with a lively imagination and need to create."
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