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Nabokov an anti-Stratfordian? (fwd)
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***I do not believe Nabokov was ever seriously anti-Stratfordian but, like
Joyce, he liked to play with Shakespeare legends. After all, as Krug
states in BEND SINISTER, "Anyone can create the future but only a wise
man can create the past." Chapters 6 & 7 of BEND SINISTER have comments
about the authorship, among other things Shakespearean. The _Garland
Companion to Vladimir Nabokov_ features two excellent articles on Nabokov
& Shakespeare -- "Nabokov and Shakespeare: The English Works," by Herbert
Grabes; and "Nabokov and Shakespeare: The Russian Works," by Samuel
Schuman. Among the subscribers to this list there are people who
have devoted much more time to the Nabokov-Shakespeare theme, so I am
sure they will provide more exhaustive answers to the question below.
GD***
From: Rodney Welch <RWelch@scjob.sces.org>
Was Nabokov an anti-Stratfordian -- that is, one who believed that the
plays of Shakespeare were actually written by Edward de Vere, the 14th
Earl of Oxford?
It seems I had heard this before, but I don't recall him ever coming
down hard one way or the other.
Please cite references. Thanks.
Rodney Welch
Columbia, SC
Joyce, he liked to play with Shakespeare legends. After all, as Krug
states in BEND SINISTER, "Anyone can create the future but only a wise
man can create the past." Chapters 6 & 7 of BEND SINISTER have comments
about the authorship, among other things Shakespearean. The _Garland
Companion to Vladimir Nabokov_ features two excellent articles on Nabokov
& Shakespeare -- "Nabokov and Shakespeare: The English Works," by Herbert
Grabes; and "Nabokov and Shakespeare: The Russian Works," by Samuel
Schuman. Among the subscribers to this list there are people who
have devoted much more time to the Nabokov-Shakespeare theme, so I am
sure they will provide more exhaustive answers to the question below.
GD***
From: Rodney Welch <RWelch@scjob.sces.org>
Was Nabokov an anti-Stratfordian -- that is, one who believed that the
plays of Shakespeare were actually written by Edward de Vere, the 14th
Earl of Oxford?
It seems I had heard this before, but I don't recall him ever coming
down hard one way or the other.
Please cite references. Thanks.
Rodney Welch
Columbia, SC