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EDITOR's NOTE: Leona Toker has done some work on VN & Bergson. A quick
search of the ZEMBLA bibliography gives four citations. Whitehead has
been mentioned but not pursued so far as I recall. A search of the NABOKV-L
archive would turn up any references. Both topics are worth pursuing.
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> From: Arthur Glass <goliard@worldnet.att.net>
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> In _The Russian Years_, Brian Boyd deals briefly with the influence on VN
of
> the French philosopher Henri Bergson. I have floating around in my head
the
> idea for a study of Bergson's philosophy of time and 'creative evolution'
in
> relation to Nabokov's work, both literary and scientific. Is anyone aware
of
> any studies on Berson and VN?
>
> Along the same lines, do we know whether VN was aware of the philosophy
of
> A.N. Whitehead? I believe Whitehead would have been at Cambridge when VN
was
> there. Again, I see an affinity.
search of the ZEMBLA bibliography gives four citations. Whitehead has
been mentioned but not pursued so far as I recall. A search of the NABOKV-L
archive would turn up any references. Both topics are worth pursuing.
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> From: Arthur Glass <goliard@worldnet.att.net>
>
> ----------------- Message requiring your approval (10 lines)
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> In _The Russian Years_, Brian Boyd deals briefly with the influence on VN
of
> the French philosopher Henri Bergson. I have floating around in my head
the
> idea for a study of Bergson's philosophy of time and 'creative evolution'
in
> relation to Nabokov's work, both literary and scientific. Is anyone aware
of
> any studies on Berson and VN?
>
> Along the same lines, do we know whether VN was aware of the philosophy
of
> A.N. Whitehead? I believe Whitehead would have been at Cambridge when VN
was
> there. Again, I see an affinity.