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James Ramey argues that the line “not text, but texture” suggests that this novel’s use of italics can be used to find its crown jewels hidden in “potaynik.” (15[1])This novel describes how a stint at the Institute (15[1])for Preparation for the Hereafter (15[2])and a vision of a (15[1])“white fountain” during (15[1])a heart attack (15[1])inspires (15[2])a (15[1])belief (-5[1])that the universe (-5[2])is a “web of sense.” A character in this novel says “I know. You know.” when describing (*) Hazel’s suicide (10[2])in a lake. (10[4])This novel, (10[1])whose title comes from (10[1])a line (10[1])from (10[1])Timon of Athens, (10[1])details (10[1])the (10[1])incompetence of the assassin Jakob Gradus. (10[2])This novel’s narrator (10[1])inserts suggestions that he is the exiled (-5[1])king of Zembla (10[4])while (10[1])commenting on lines like (10[1])“I was the (10[1])shadow of the waxwing slain.” (10[2])For 10 points, Charles Kinbote’s edited and commented version of a 999-line poem (10[2])by (10[1])John Shade (10[2])make up what (-5[1])novel (10[1])by Vladimir Nabokov? (10[2])■END■ (10[5]0[2])

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