NPPF Foreword - Belated Comments

[David Morris]

I'm tardy in providing specific comments re. the Foreword, so here are a few:


1.	Poem Preview?  Kinbote mentions a press report about certain “Shadeans’”
(whom K says never saw the poem) assertions that the poem is only a bunch of
“disjointed” drafts w/o a definitive text.  Could the implications of this be
that Shade had shown it to some others beside Sybil (w/o K knowing)?

2.	Poem Possession:  K all but steals the poem.  Doesn’t it seem strange that
Sybil would not have demanded he return it immediately, even (or maybe
especially) if she were bereft?  She was aware of its contents and knew how
personal was the subject matter, and knew it was his last poem.  It’s obvious
she had no love for K.  According to the dates K. supplies, four days elapse
between Shade’s death and the signing of that document authorizing him as
editor.

        Something’s wrong with this picture.  Make’s me suspect the document is
a forgery.  This also puts her “statement” in that document that he never
intended to go beyond four parts into doubt.  If all of this is true, then
there’s no possible way that he could get this poem published.  Nobody would
touch it, and the courts would quickly take it from K.


__________________________________
Do you Yahoo!?
Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software
http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com