NPPF commentary line 149, p. 143- continued

[Michael Joseph]

I see. I was actually more startled than confused. Glitterntin and its
description are evocative of emasculation, whereas Frenesi--either frenzy
or free-n-easy--is decidedly not.


Michael


 > At 8:44 PM -0700 10/5/03, Keith McMullen wrote:
> >  >>>Bekah, I appreciate your response, but I'm confused. How are you
> >connecting your reading of Glittertin with my note about Kinbote's
> >interrogation of identity and Pynchon's reference in V to Sartre's notion
> >of the construction of identity?<<<
> >
> >If you note the portion of your post she left at the beginning of her post
> >you will see that she is making a Pynchon-Nabokov connection of her own, not
> >relating to the portion of your post that she snipped.
>
>
> That's exactly what I did. I was just making my own little
> observation on how I found a connection. I probably could have
> started a new thread so as to keep it less confused but both the name
> of the mountain, "Glitterntin," and Pynchon were in your post so
> that's where I snipped and added.  :)
>
> Bekah
>
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>
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> >
> >On Sun, 5 Oct 2003, bekah wrote:
> >
> >>  At 9:26 PM -0400 10/5/03, Michael Joseph wrote:
> >>  >P.S. Just to make the connection between Nabokov and Pynchon, in the
> >>  >context of _Pale Fire's_
> >>
> >>
> >>  Actually, I have a note in my book at line 149, page 144, where Mr.
> >>  Kinbote describes "Mt. Glitterntin." To me it sounded like putting a
> >>  name together in the manner of "Frenesi," which I pronounce "free 'n
> >>  easy" but without too hard of a long "e" sound.
> >>  So hear we have either "Glitterin' tin" or 'Glitter 'n tin."
> >>
> >>  Bekah
> >>
> >>
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