Does anyone know why The New Yorker originally published the story as "Symbols and Signs"? I assume Katharine White made the change, but I can't imagine why she would; "Signs and Symbols" has that nicely trochaic rhythm.
Date: Wed, 23 May 2012 20:55:49 -0400
From: NABOKV-L@HOLYCROSS.EDU
Subject: [NABOKV-L] SIGHTING: Signs & Symbols in New Yorker story
To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
There's a "takeoff" (or reflection on) in today's (May 28, 2012) The New Yorker by Lorrie Moore in the fiction section on VN's famous story "Signs and Symbols." I only read the first sentence of the Lorrie Moore story so far (and looked at the picture/illustration) and realized it.
The Lorrie Moore story is attached (I have not read it yet).
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