''Vladimir Nabokov's Comic Quest for Reality' - Nottingham eTheses

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- 458 - 43 44 Vladimir Nabokov, The Real Life of Sebastian Knight, (Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, 1960), p. 85. Quoted in Martha Duffy, "Prospero's Progress", p. 49. 45 Page Stegner, Escape into Aesthetics, p. 117. 46 47 48 Douglas Fowler, Reading Nabokov, p. 99. Vladimir Nabokov, The Real Life of Sebastian Knight, pp. 89ff. 7th Jüly: 1.286; Gradus has flown from Copenhagen to Paris, p. 174. 10th July: 1.408; Gradus driving from Geneva to Lex, p. 197. 16th July: 11.698-746; Gradus at Nice, meeting Izumrudov, pp. 254ff., etc. 49 Carol T. Williams points out that when writing of his father's death, "Nabokov clearly suggests that his father's death was only from one point of view a poignant mistake; it was also, he writes, his father's destiny or fate ("several lines of play in a difficult chess composition blended... ... "), meeting him at an appointed time. " - Carol T. Williams, "'Web of Sense': Pale Fire in the Nabokov Canon", Critique, 6,3 (Winter 1963-64), p. 35. 50 51 52 53 54 55 Page Stegner, Escape into Aesthetics, p. 126. Andrew Field, "Pale Fire, The labyrinth of a great novel", p. 20. cp. pp. 77,83,85,149,284,294,295,298,299. cp. pp. 83,267. Andrew Field, "Pale Fire, the labyrinth of a great novel", p. 28. Nova Zembla: a group of islands in the Arctic Ocean. 'Nova Zembla' = Russian Novaya Zemlya' _ 'New Land' or 'Terre Neuve' = 'Newfoundland' _ 'The New World' - Therefore: Appalachia = Zembl a. Zembla for Pope was roughly equal to Greenland. Then Zembla must be a green land, an Arcadia. Arcady is a name often bestowed by Prof. Botkin on New Wye, Appalachia, which also gets the epithet 'green'. Mary McCarthy, "Vladimir Nabokov's Pale Fire", p. 74.

- 459 - 56 57 58 59 60 Ibid., p. 72. Richard Kostelanetz, "Nabokov's Obtuse Fool", p. 484. Ibid., p. 482. The remark about the cat Hodge occurs on the same page of Boswell's work as the remark about the work that Johnson was to write about the Boswell family: p. 1,038 of the Modern Library Edition. - Andrew Field, "Pale Fire, The labyrinth of a great novel", p. 19. Julian Moynahan, Vladimir Nabokov, p. 42. 61 Page Stegner, Escape into Aesthetics, pp. 129-130. 62 Op. cit., p. 130. 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 Andrew Field, "Pale Fire, The labyrinth of a great novel", pp. 18-19. Ibid., p. 19. Ibid., p. 20. Ibid., p. 19. Ibid., p. 20. Ibid., p. 32. Alfred Appel, Jr., Nabokov's Dark Cinema, (New York, 1974), p. 31. 70 Op. cit., passim. 71 Op. cit., p. 30. 72 Nabokov asserts that Kinbote committed suicide "after putting his last touches to his edition of the poem. " Vladimir Nabokov in an Interview conducted by Alfred Appel, Jr., Nabokov, The Man and His Work, p. 29. 73 74 75 Douglas Fowler, Reading Nabokov, pp. 116ff. Vladimir Nabokov in an Interview with Robert Hughes, Strong opinions, p. 59. Vladimir Nabokov in "Vladimir Nabokov on His Life and Work", BBC Television with Peter Duval Smith, The Listener LXVIII (November 22,1962), p. 858. 76 John O. Lyons, "Pale Fire and the Fine Art of Annotation", p. 158.

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56<br />

57<br />

58<br />

59<br />

60<br />

Ibid., p. 72.<br />

Richard Kostelanetz, "<strong>Nabokov's</strong> Obtuse Fool",<br />

p. 484.<br />

Ibid., p. 482.<br />

The remark about the cat Hodge occurs on the<br />

same page of Boswell's work as the remark about<br />

the work that Johnson was to write about the<br />

Boswell family: p. 1,038 of the Modern Library<br />

Edition. - Andrew Field, "Pale Fire, The labyrinth<br />

of a great novel", p. 19.<br />

Julian Moynahan, Vladimir Nabokov, p. 42.<br />

61 Page Stegner, Escape into Aesthetics, pp. 129-130.<br />

62 Op. cit., p. 130.<br />

63<br />

64<br />

65<br />

66<br />

67<br />

68<br />

69<br />

Andrew Field, "Pale Fire, The labyrinth of a<br />

great novel", pp. 18-19.<br />

Ibid., p. 19.<br />

Ibid., p. 20.<br />

Ibid., p. 19.<br />

Ibid., p. 20.<br />

Ibid., p. 32.<br />

Alfred Appel, Jr., <strong>Nabokov's</strong> Dark Cinema,<br />

(New York, 1974), p. 31.<br />

70 Op. cit., passim.<br />

71 Op. cit., p. 30.<br />

72 Nabokov asserts that Kinbote committed suicide<br />

"after putting his last touches to his edition<br />

of the poem. "<br />

Vladimir Nabokov in an Interview conducted by<br />

Alfred Appel, Jr., Nabokov, The Man and His Work,<br />

p. 29.<br />

73<br />

74<br />

75<br />

Douglas Fowler, Reading Nabokov, pp. 116ff.<br />

Vladimir Nabokov in an Interview with Robert<br />

Hughes, Strong opinions, p. 59.<br />

Vladimir Nabokov in "Vladimir Nabokov on His<br />

Life and Work", BBC Television with Peter Duval<br />

Smith, The Listener LXVIII (November 22,1962),<br />

p. 858.<br />

76 John O. Lyons, "Pale Fire and the Fine Art of<br />

Annotation", p. 158.

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