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Re: Nabokov and Ronald Firbank
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From: Iann88@aol.com
Has anybody seen the similarities between Charles Kinbote in Pale Fire and
Ronald Firbank, especially Firbank's literary style -- "the Gulf of
Surprise!" And Firbank's artful, artificial scenic descriptions of his
exotic, fantasy locals? Let's hear it from all you Firbankians. If Nabokov
is using parody in Pale Fire, surely Firbank fits the character of Kinbote
to a T.
Phil Iannarelli
Cleveland, Ohio
Has anybody seen the similarities between Charles Kinbote in Pale Fire and
Ronald Firbank, especially Firbank's literary style -- "the Gulf of
Surprise!" And Firbank's artful, artificial scenic descriptions of his
exotic, fantasy locals? Let's hear it from all you Firbankians. If Nabokov
is using parody in Pale Fire, surely Firbank fits the character of Kinbote
to a T.
Phil Iannarelli
Cleveland, Ohio