NPPF Preliminary: The Epigraph

[Malignd]

<<For it to be Kinbote's would require him to have
more of a sense of humor and self-awareness than his
Intro and Commentary suggest he has.  I think that
becomes evident when you examine the content of the
epigraph.>>

I think this is wrong.

I had forgotten (and was corrected by Jaspar) that
Kinbote had access to at least some part of Boswell's
Johnson; I don't think that can be assumed of no
consequence.

Further, I think it's a misreading of Kinbote to say
he lacks self-awareness.  He's nothing but
self-awareness.  He's deluded, probably, and, at the
time of writing the commentary, likely suicidal, but
he's a case study of pathological self-regard.  


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