NPPF: status of the two author theory

Glenn Scheper glenn_scheper at earthlink.net
Sat Jul 19 02:39:28 CDT 2003


>> Here's an example that I think, partly, sums up a form of 'Pale Fire'

>> criticism. In the index of Pale Fire, the notation under 'Lass1 reads

>> 'see Mass,1 the note for 'Mass1 orders the reader to 'see Male,1 then

>> 'Male1 says 'see Word Golf1 (the reader starts to get the joke) and 
>> 'Word Golf1 leads full circle giving the notation 'see Lass.1 Thus, 
>> through literally searching for an answer and elucidation, the reader

>> is lead in a circle of maddening 'word golf,1 that parallels the vain

>> critical search for a definite reality in 'Pale Fire.'

Without having read it yet, just the post above suggests an a:b::c:d
relation, and for male, word golf would be a speech act that tries
to put a ball in a hole. What is mass to lass? For its Latin aspect?
 
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Glenn Scheper
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