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I wondered if anyone on the list had any comments on this piece, it seemed
rather a caricature to me -- but I have yet to read Strong Opinions.
Dave
On 2 July 2014 16:18, bedja ttttr <vnoetsjka@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/07/confronting-privilege-in-philip-roths-identity-tales/373782/
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> There’s perhaps no more ardent proponent of “art for art’s sake” than the
> Vladimir Nabokov of *Strong Opinions*. In that book of self-interviews,
> Nabokov repeatedly skewers the notion that art should have social
> orientation. For him, fiction presents its own new reality, glimpsed
> through the looking glass of an author’s aesthetic and linguistic
> obsessions. Nabokov’s ideal novel owes nothing to what we might
> collectively call “real life.”...
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rather a caricature to me -- but I have yet to read Strong Opinions.
Dave
On 2 July 2014 16:18, bedja ttttr <vnoetsjka@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/07/confronting-privilege-in-philip-roths-identity-tales/373782/
>
> There’s perhaps no more ardent proponent of “art for art’s sake” than the
> Vladimir Nabokov of *Strong Opinions*. In that book of self-interviews,
> Nabokov repeatedly skewers the notion that art should have social
> orientation. For him, fiction presents its own new reality, glimpsed
> through the looking glass of an author’s aesthetic and linguistic
> obsessions. Nabokov’s ideal novel owes nothing to what we might
> collectively call “real life.”...
>
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> Contact <nabokv-l@utk.edu,nabokv-l@holycross.edu>
> the Editors <nabokv-l@utk.edu,nabokv-l@holycross.edu> NOJ
> <http://www.nabokovonline.com> Zembla
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> the archive <https://listserv.ucsb.edu/lsv-cgi-bin/wa?A0=NABOKV-L> VN
> Bibliography Blog <http://vnbiblio.com/>
>
> All private editorial communications are read by both co-editors.
>
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