Vladimir Nabokov

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Brian Boyd wonders "why Phyllis Roth did not continue to contribute to
Nabokov scholarship". But her all-day participation in my Inner Circle Seminar
on Nabokov's "Signs and Symbols" in London on 11 May 2008 was her
initiative! This was the only time I have ever issued a "call for papers", rather
than inviting specific speakers, and she was the first to respond -- with
enthusiasm. She was indispensable to the seminar, although as far as I know
she did not produce a new published paper as a result. I was extremely
grateful to her for this contribution to scholarship.

Anthony Stadlen


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In a message dated 03/04/2012 15:27:12 GMT Daylight Time,
b.boyd@AUCKLAND.AC.NZ writes:

Dear All,


I too am sorry to hear of Phyllis Roth's death. She was a lively and
engaging presence at the 1983 Cornell Nabokov conference, when as I recall she
was already compiling her fine edited volume, Critical Essays on Vladimir
Nabokov (1984), introduced by her comprehensive overview of early Anglophone
academic scholarship on Nabokov. Alas, my memories of her have leached a
great deal of detail since then, but I did wonder from time to time why she
did not continue to contribute to Nabokov scholarship. Does anyone know?


Brian Boyd


On 3/04/2012, at 9:17 AM, NABOKV-L wrote:



Dear List,

I am very sorry to hear of Phyllis Roth's death. Phyllis chaired the
panel at which I presented my first paper on Nabokov at the annual MLA
conference--a study of his doubles in terms of his relationship with his brother
Sergey, entitled "The Brothers Nabokov: Repetition and Revision"--in December
1986. I was a shy and anxious graduate student, but Phyllis took me under
her wing, encouraging my interest in VN's doubles (which had been the
subject of her dissertation) and inviting me to become an active member of the
Vladimir Nabokov Society. I think her essay "The Man Behind the
Mystification," in particular, remains one of the most important essays written on
Nabokov.

Susan Elizabeth Sweeney


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