Nabokov and Pynchon

[Paul Mackin]

On Wed, 2003-06-11 at 10:08, Otto wrote:
> Now I know where Pynchon got the name "Waxwing" from:


And Blodgett from the name of the Janet Gaynor/Judy Garland character in
"A Star is Born."  AKA Mrs. Norman Main.


P.
> 
> Waxwing, Blodgett
> 246; specialist in phonying documents; his calling card has a cheSS knight
> and his address is on the Rue RoSSini in Zürich; escapee from the stockade
> Caserne Martier in Paris; meets Slothrop at Raoul's party, wearing a zoot
> suit; Zootsuit Zanies, 251; provides Slothrop the identity "Ian Scuffling,
> English War Correspondent" when he goes to Zürich, 256; 620
> http://www.hyperarts.com/pynchon/gravity/alpha/w.html
> 
> It's from the first line of Canto I of  "Pale Fire".
> 
> And all those chess-references in "GR".
> 
> Otto
>