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(Date Posted:10/07/2004 09:12:52)
Greetings all,I figured it was time to de-lurk and introduce myself. My name's Suzy, I'm a twentysomethingand I'm currently attending the University of Toronto, doing my degree in English Literature. Some of my favourite things are: reading (mostly Restoration + 18th century lit... Dryden, Rochester, Behn, Swift, Samuel Johnson, etc.), animals (cats, especially), music (jazz + classical).Although I've only read five of Donald Harington's books as yet, his writing captivates me like few authors I've encountered in my vast readings. He's also had a huge impact on my reading habits. For example, I'd hated Nabokov based on the one novel I'd read of his, but Harington'sadmiration ofVN made me pick him up again, and boy am I glad I did! Right now I'm even taking a course on Nabokov's English novels.It's so cool that whenI was poking around on Zembla (a Nabokov website) I came across an excerpt of Ekaterina, "a fine example of[a text]inspired by Nabokov." Yeah! My prof has never read DH but I'll bother him until he does!
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