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Not entirely. That "girly asparagus" is TT's equivalent to Despair's
hermaphroditic "phallic tulips". The masculinity, in other words, is
attenuated, which seems to have been an important part of VN's take on
Proust. There is also a certain posterior, homoerotic charge in the
example in PF (appropriate given the novel) -- mASterpiece, fairy tale,
ASparagus dream, unconnected with any possible people in any historical
France (un-con-nected, i.e. no women involved), sexual travestissement,
coloSSAl fARCE (maybe we should even hear CUL-ossal).
There is even a bit of posteriority in the example from ADA -- "Proust's
After-effect"
Eric Naiman
Alexander Dolinin, I believe, writes about the importance of "aspirin"
in
KQKn -- my recollection is he hears Sirin there. And perhaps one can
even hear Sirin's breathing.
Eric Naiman
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> Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:25:42 -0200
> From: jansy@AETERN.US
> Subject: [NABOKV-L] [NABOKOV-L] [TOUGHT] TOoL: Asparagus, aspirins
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> Proust - synesthesia through mnemonic feats
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> In TOoL there is a quick reference to "asparagus" when Flora's
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