Subject: Re: " and debate 'Louise' "
Smmrs@aol.com
Date: Thu Feb 24 2000 - 19:33:50 EST
In a message dated 2/24/00 12:16:49 PM Eastern Standard Time,
citycabn@gateway.net writes:
<< Until then, I think I'll try to track down that Nabokov quote Louise used
in
her 2/17/00 post Re: Consummations (something tells me I should start with
that old favorite of Camille's, _Pale Fire_):
"Like Nabokov's `waxwing slain through the false azure of the window pane' -
slamming into the window in our world but passing imperceptibly into the
next in spirit - Buddy is the one who hit the window, while Seymour is the
one who kept going."
--Bruce >>
Its remarkable to me how many people view Seymour's suicide as a spiritual
transition. Did you know that in many Eastern religions suicide is a
guranteed way of having a horrific reincarnation? Furthermore, it makes
absolutely no sense to me why at that time it was appropriate. I believe, but
am not sure, that he had scars on his wrist in RHTRBC. Theres certainly not a
right or wrong way to look at it, but lets not get out of line here.
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