NPPF: Keith's Shocking Theory

[Paul Mackin]

On Wed, 2003-07-16 at 11:52, David Morris wrote:
> 
> --- The Great Quail <quail at libyrinth.com> wrote:\
> > Though I certainly feel that Nabokov treats K's sexual proclivities with a
> certain degree of mockery, the pathos is still there, under the surface.
> 
> I remember reading that VN's brother was homosexual, and suffered some form of
> discrimination at the hands of his own family.  I also remember reading
> something about VN's disgust for homosexuality.  I don't have the specifics...
>
The biographies (Field, Boyd) mentioned it I would strongly assume.
Haven't read any of them.

I guess Nabokov was as conservative sexually as he was politically,
despite the books he could turn out. To shock middle class morals..

Believe he associated homosexuality with with revolution, which from his
point of view was bad news. N of course saw revolution not as liberation
but as slavery.

How do Pynchon and Nabokov compare in the treatment of homosexuality? 

It's associated in both with the tyrannical. Blicero is tyrannical AND
attractive. Kinbote is tyrannical and UNattractive.

P.