Dude from the Mets. Relax and take a bath. We are not great pronunciators here in the bathtub. Like all good readers, we like to relax and enjoy ourselves. There are no oral tests after the final toweling. For the less troll-wise types out there, here's the pronunciation in Nabokov's own words: It is indeed a tricky name. It is often misspelt, because the eye tends to regard the "a" of the first syllable as a misprint and then tries to restore the symmetrical sequence by triplicating the "o"-- filling up the row of circles, so to speak, as in a game of crosses and naughts. No-bow-cough. How ugly, how wrong. Every author whose name is fairly often mentioned in periodicals develops a bird-watcher's or caterpillar-picker's knack when scanning an article. But in my case I always get caught by the word "nobody" when capitalized at the beginning of a sentence. As to pronunciation, Frenchmen of course say Nabokoff, with the accent on the last syllable. Englishmen say Nabokov, accent on the first, and Italians say Nabokov, accent in the middle, as Russians also do. Na-bo-kov. A heavy open "o" as in "Knickerbocker". My New England ear is not offended by the long elegant middle "o" of Nabokov as delivered in American academies. The awful "Na-bah-kov" is a despicable gutterism. Well, you can make your choice now. Incidentallv, the first name is pronounced Vladeemer-- rhyming with "redeemer"-- not Vladimir rhyming with Faddimere (a place in England, I think) But don't worry about it. As that good writer tells us, it's your choice. Oh, and Dude. Go call your mom.
@thattimestampguy
11 ай бұрын
0:00 *Ultimate Beginners Workshop* 0:47 Enchantment, a Great Game 1:17 The Ability to Mimmick. 1:50 Active Reader, Involved In The Process. 2:37 “In a nutshell.” Then, the details. 3:26 Think all the way through. *On The Omniscient Narrator* 3:32 The Omniscient Narrator 4:36 Nabokov’s Omniscient Narrator. 5:38 Axel Rex. 6:18 Miller, described. 7:56 “And I’m little Axel.” 8:34 Watch out for things. [Show don’t tell] 9:18 Back and forth. 1 character, to another character, to another character. 10:27 “How long are you going to be gone? Forever. I guess.” 12:03 Commitment to stay, leaving, interest. Cartoonist. Hoaxing. Takes his time. 13:00 Clear Direct Vision. 13:45 enchantment, games, magic.
@themerovingeinful
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Such a clear and illuminating example of how and why to create/maintain a shift in POV. Had a serious AHA moment over here.
@19luX92
5 жыл бұрын
I would love to see more Nabokov on this channel, sir. Thank you!
@tchorn2026
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your analysis! I just signed to your channel! !
@Scottmbradfield
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Tatyana. Welcome to the bathtub! s
@slimdot7031
5 жыл бұрын
I find it interesting that he mixes in characters from other books and sometimes himself by way of anagram . Example of the former would be the dinner invitation from the Dreyer's in Laughter. And Vivian Darkbloom in Lolita.
@Scottmbradfield
5 жыл бұрын
Welcome to the bathtub, Slim Dot! yeah, one of my favorite Nabokovs is his last novel, Look at the Harlequins! which, as I imperfectly recall many years later, features another awful protagonist who is a sort of Nabokov in an alternate universe writing books kind of like Nabokov's but as awful a person as his critics in THIS universe claim him to be! I want to take that back into the bathtub soon... S P.S. Harlequins! is often dismissed by lazy critics as "self-indulgent"! "Self indulgent" is the laziest critique of art by the laziest critics since, of course, ALL great art is self indulgent! At the very least!
@bingosantamonica
4 жыл бұрын
Nice video!
@Scottmbradfield
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks, David! Take care of yourself and your loved ones in the bathtub!
@bingosantamonica
4 жыл бұрын
@@Scottmbradfield By the way, I just finished this book and loved it! Before I have read Lolita (masterpiece), Pnin (very good), and The Real Life of Sebastian Knight (not great really). My next one will be Ada. I tend to read English written books in English, but with that one I´m not sure. It seems scary. In the other hand, probably a lot will be lost in translation.
@Scottmbradfield
4 жыл бұрын
@@bingosantamonica All those books get better on rereading though I have mixed feelings about Ada, which we will take into the bathtub soon! Where are you located? I'll put you on our map of the International Bathing Alliance!
@bingosantamonica
4 жыл бұрын
@@Scottmbradfield Looking forward for the Ada videos! I live in Monterrey, a city in the northeast of Mexico.
@Scottmbradfield
4 жыл бұрын
@@bingosantamonica Great! You are our first IBA member from south of California! More soon-I'll send you the map in a bit! S
@Scottmbradfield
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Nolan. Check out our bathtub series - we have a shelf of Nabokov already and much more to come. S
@MetFansince
5 жыл бұрын
Dude, learn how to pronounce the guy's name correctly. na-BOAK-off My mother had him as a professor at Cornell. It's na-BOAK-off.
@sambringit7859
5 жыл бұрын
wow your mother is really lucky.....even Ruth Bader Ginsburg studied from Nabokov
@tchorn2026
2 жыл бұрын
Wow! I jealous to your mama!! By the way, I will adore this novel. Breathtaking...
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