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Re: VN and the Shakespeare authorship "problem" (fwd)
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Date: Wed, 07 May 1997 01:53:22 +0400
To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum <NABOKV-L@UCSBVM.ucsb.edu>
Subject: Re: VN and the Shakespeare authorship "problem" (fwd)
From: "Peter A. Kartsev" <petr@glas.apc.org>
What immediately comes to mind is a poem, written in Dec. 1924 and
entitled "Shekspir", that is, "Shakespeare". It addresses the
anonymous, but obviously aristocratic, real author of the plays,
while mentioning that "thy works were habitually signed - for a
fee - by a money-lender, that Will Shakespeare who used to play
the Ghost in 'Hamlet'". It's one of my (many) favourite poems by VN.
I do hope it's been translated into English by himself or DN, but
I have no means for checking this right now.
The problem here is whether we should distinguish between the author
and the "I" of the poem. Elsewhere, I think Nabokov always referred
to the author of the plays very conventionally as Shakespeare, not
mentioning the authorship conundrum.
--
Peter A. Kartsev
Moscow, Russia
Phone: (095) 471-5457
E-mail: petr@glas.apc.org
En cada instante puede revelarte su amor Helena de Troya. -- JLB
Date: Wed, 07 May 1997 01:53:22 +0400
To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum <NABOKV-L@UCSBVM.ucsb.edu>
Subject: Re: VN and the Shakespeare authorship "problem" (fwd)
From: "Peter A. Kartsev" <petr@glas.apc.org>
What immediately comes to mind is a poem, written in Dec. 1924 and
entitled "Shekspir", that is, "Shakespeare". It addresses the
anonymous, but obviously aristocratic, real author of the plays,
while mentioning that "thy works were habitually signed - for a
fee - by a money-lender, that Will Shakespeare who used to play
the Ghost in 'Hamlet'". It's one of my (many) favourite poems by VN.
I do hope it's been translated into English by himself or DN, but
I have no means for checking this right now.
The problem here is whether we should distinguish between the author
and the "I" of the poem. Elsewhere, I think Nabokov always referred
to the author of the plays very conventionally as Shakespeare, not
mentioning the authorship conundrum.
--
Peter A. Kartsev
Moscow, Russia
Phone: (095) 471-5457
E-mail: petr@glas.apc.org
En cada instante puede revelarte su amor Helena de Troya. -- JLB