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EDNOTE. Jacob Wilkenfeld also noted (picnic, lightning). Others?
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From: "Discobolus" <tom@discobolus.co.za>
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> My favourite is Humbert's mother's demise: (picnic, lightning)
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> Tom Rymour
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> 2003/04/09 04:03:04, "D. Barton Johnson" <chtodel@cox.net> wrote:
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> > Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2003 19:03:04 -0700
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> > From: "D. Barton Johnson" <chtodel@cox.net>
> > Subject:Fw: Parenthetical Images
> > To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
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> > EDNOTE. Nabokov's use of typographic icons is a virtually unexplored
aspect
> > of his style.
> >
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> > From: Jacob Wilkenfeld
> > To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 4:36 PM
> > Subject: Parenthetical Images
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> > Dear List,
> > I was wondering whether VN’s striking use of two short, clarifying
images
> > within a set of parentheses (forming a miniature oval canvas) was his
own
> > invention or if it had a precursor in literature. Has anyone coined a
term
> > for such a literary device? I have in mind the kind of designation
that VN
> > used when he described in his Lectures on Literature the features of
> > Tolstoy’s style: eg, “the functional ethical comparison.” How about
“the
> > parenthetical oval portrait”? (Though I guess that label would
misleadingly
> > conjure up the Edgar Allan Poe story in the reader’s mind).
> >
> > Thanks.
> > Best,
> > Jacob Wilkenfeld
> >
> >
> > “Then came a small square (four benches, a bed of pansies) round which
the
> > trolley steered with rasping disapproval.” –from ‘The Aurelian’
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Discobolus" <tom@discobolus.co.za>
> ----------------- Message requiring your approval (57
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> My favourite is Humbert's mother's demise: (picnic, lightning)
>
> Tom Rymour
>
>
>
>
> 2003/04/09 04:03:04, "D. Barton Johnson" <chtodel@cox.net> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2003 19:03:04 -0700
> >
> > From: "D. Barton Johnson" <chtodel@cox.net>
> > Subject:Fw: Parenthetical Images
> > To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
> >
> >
> >
> > EDNOTE. Nabokov's use of typographic icons is a virtually unexplored
aspect
> > of his style.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Jacob Wilkenfeld
> > To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 4:36 PM
> > Subject: Parenthetical Images
> >
> > Dear List,
> > I was wondering whether VN’s striking use of two short, clarifying
images
> > within a set of parentheses (forming a miniature oval canvas) was his
own
> > invention or if it had a precursor in literature. Has anyone coined a
term
> > for such a literary device? I have in mind the kind of designation
that VN
> > used when he described in his Lectures on Literature the features of
> > Tolstoy’s style: eg, “the functional ethical comparison.” How about
“the
> > parenthetical oval portrait”? (Though I guess that label would
misleadingly
> > conjure up the Edgar Allan Poe story in the reader’s mind).
> >
> > Thanks.
> > Best,
> > Jacob Wilkenfeld
> >
> >
> > “Then came a small square (four benches, a bed of pansies) round which
the
> > trolley steered with rasping disapproval.” –from ‘The Aurelian’
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Do you Yahoo!?
> > Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more
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