NPPF - Preliminary - Pale Fire

[Malignd]

<<So lyrically I guess it's a strong poem then?  But
is "Pale Fire" a *good* poem?  Does it really merit a
book-length commentary and index?  Is John
Shade a *good* poet, or is he, as Kernan writes, "the
belated writer who has no authentic voice of his own
but merely echoes earlier stronger writers"?
(Alvin B. Kernan, "Reading Zemblan: The Audience
Disappears in _Pale Fire_").>>

This question is at the crux of much that will be of
interest as we push deeper and deeper into the novel. 
Perhaps too rich a question for so early in the game.

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