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[Vincent A. Maeder]

> From: Paul Mackin 
> On Mon, 2003-10-13 at 14:03, Scott Badger wrote:
> > > > > > If "Utana" is Utah/Montana and "Idoming" is Idaho/Wyoming
> > > then what is
> > > > > > Cedarn? Cedar barn? It's in the cabin at Cedarn where Kinbote
> > > > > > inaccurately transcribes the words of Shade,...*Kinbote's*
> > > > > > ghostly visitor?...
> >
> > > Cedar Barn?  V.
> >
> > Barn with cedar siding, see: http://www.methowlands.com/estates.html
> (scroll
> > down to the last picture, the "Ski trail runs through it" listing)
> >
> > Scott Badger
> >
> 
> 
> Cedarn means pertaining to cedar. Coleridge used it to describe a
> hillside in Kublai Khan. . I think the association in our book is with
> the use of the wood as a preservative.  Closets are lined with cedar
> wood to protect clothes from moths etc. Kinbote has taken Pale Fire to a
> place where it can be preserved.
> 
Compare with the metaphor of the amber left behind by the cicada which
preserves the ant.  Of course, amber preserves by entrapment versus cedar.
V.