NPPF: Commentary 1 (summary and notes) Lines 376-377, 384, 385-386,
Jasper Fidget
fakename at verizon.net
Mon Oct 20 10:20:54 CDT 2003
> From: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org [mailto:owner-pynchon-l at waste.org] On
> Behalf Of bekah
>
>
> Lines 376-377, "was said in English Litt to be"
>
> Shade's poem uses the spelling, "Lit." Kinbote
> probably used the not uncommon additional "t"
> probably out of carelessness. It's a common
> enough abbreviation.
>
And another example of K's carelessness wrt Shade's poem. Litt could be
shorthand for Litt. D., an abbreviation of "Litterarum doctor" or Doctor of
Letters.
Jasper
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