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EDITOR's NOTE. Suellen Stringer-Hye is, inter alia, the compiler of the VN
COLLATIONS, surveys of VN media references, that appear on NABOKV-L and
ZEMBLA.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Suellen Stringer-Hye" <Stringers@LIBRARY.Vanderbilt.edu>
In the December issue of National Wildlife, the widely distributed
publication of the National Wildlife Federation, an article about the
fate of the endangered Karner Blue butterfly appears under the title
How a famed novelist became godfather to a tiny endangered
butterfly
National Wildlife; Washington; Dec 2000/Jan 2001; Michael
Lipske
Included is a stunning photo of the Karner Blue and another black
and white shot of Nabokov in cardigan with net. Also quotes from
Kurt Johnson
In fact, Nabokov did make significant contributions to the
study of insects he had adored since childhood. "Although it
took scientists 50 years to catch up with the significance of
his early work," says Kurt Johnson, lepidopterist and
coauthor of the book Nabokov's Blues, "the emphasis on
biodiversity studies in the 1990s revealed that Nabokov's
taxonomies had laid a solid foundation for understanding the
entire blue butterfly fauna of the New World."
and Pnin
A score of small butterflies, all of one kind, were settled on a
damp patch of sand, their wings erect and closed, showing
their pale undersides with dark dots and tiny orange-rimmed
peacock spots along the hindwing margins." Momentarily
disturbed, the butterflies, "revealing the celestial hue of their
upper surface ... fluttered around like blue snowflakes before
settling again."
help establish Nabokov's connection to the butterfly. Lipske closes
the article with this wish...
With this project and others, the diminutive blue butterfly that
fluttered famously through the mind and works of one of the
last century's greatest novelists may continue to play a role in
the book that is life on Earth.
Suellen Stringer-Hye
Jean and Alexander Heard Library
Vanderbilt University
stringers@library.vanderbilt.edu
COLLATIONS, surveys of VN media references, that appear on NABOKV-L and
ZEMBLA.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Suellen Stringer-Hye" <Stringers@LIBRARY.Vanderbilt.edu>
In the December issue of National Wildlife, the widely distributed
publication of the National Wildlife Federation, an article about the
fate of the endangered Karner Blue butterfly appears under the title
How a famed novelist became godfather to a tiny endangered
butterfly
National Wildlife; Washington; Dec 2000/Jan 2001; Michael
Lipske
Included is a stunning photo of the Karner Blue and another black
and white shot of Nabokov in cardigan with net. Also quotes from
Kurt Johnson
In fact, Nabokov did make significant contributions to the
study of insects he had adored since childhood. "Although it
took scientists 50 years to catch up with the significance of
his early work," says Kurt Johnson, lepidopterist and
coauthor of the book Nabokov's Blues, "the emphasis on
biodiversity studies in the 1990s revealed that Nabokov's
taxonomies had laid a solid foundation for understanding the
entire blue butterfly fauna of the New World."
and Pnin
A score of small butterflies, all of one kind, were settled on a
damp patch of sand, their wings erect and closed, showing
their pale undersides with dark dots and tiny orange-rimmed
peacock spots along the hindwing margins." Momentarily
disturbed, the butterflies, "revealing the celestial hue of their
upper surface ... fluttered around like blue snowflakes before
settling again."
help establish Nabokov's connection to the butterfly. Lipske closes
the article with this wish...
With this project and others, the diminutive blue butterfly that
fluttered famously through the mind and works of one of the
last century's greatest novelists may continue to play a role in
the book that is life on Earth.
Suellen Stringer-Hye
Jean and Alexander Heard Library
Vanderbilt University
stringers@library.vanderbilt.edu