this is a really strong point and I far as I understand the nature of Pale Fire, there is no definite prototype or models but politype and polimodels because John Shade (as a character) has been conceived mentally by Nabokov but put into paper maybe by Kinbote or maybe not. And I believe John Shade has some features (poetic) from VN himself, from Robert Frost, from Pushkin etc. but I don't think it is possible to set a line between them and taxonomy. Again, I think it is a great question.
Best regards, Vladimir Mylnikov
From: frances assa <franassa@HOTMAIL.COM>
To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
Sent: Thu, October 29, 2009 12:05:08 PM
Subject: [NABOKV-L] Frost/Shade Query
I understand Robert Frost was intended to be the model for John Francis Shade in
Pale Fire, but I don't know why people have come to that conclusion. Any ideas? Thanks, Fran Assa
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