Pale Fire

[James Spencer]

On Monday, June 16, 2003, at 05:46  PM, s~Z wrote:

>>>> Yes, I guess only readers who pick up the book and "believe" (in) 
>>>> Kinbote
> would try to follow his instructions <<<
>
> And readers who want to get inside the Kinbote perspective.
>
>

But then why would a first time reader be looking for this perspective, 
particularly with the fact that VN makes so very, very clear in the 
Introduction that Kinbote is, at best, very, very skewed in his 
perspective.  We may very well be talking from different readers' 
perspectives.  I'm only talking about how I would suggest a first time 
reader approach the book.  Certainly, one of the reasons that PF is 
such a great work is that it lends itself to so many different ways of 
reading it.

James P. Spencer
Rochester, MN

jspencer78 at charter.net

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