: Babel and women-snakes

[A.Smith]

Dear colleagues,


Just a short note regards the passage from Babel's depiction of Odessa which
features a juxtoposition between snakes and women (cited earlier): it seems
to me that the passage alludes to Hoffmann's tale The Golden Flower Pot that
depicts the three young women who can turn into golden snakes, dance and
sing, etc. The English translation of this story is available on the
website: http://www.blackmask.com/books72c/goldpot.htm



Alexandra Smith



Alexandra Smith (PhD, University of London)
Senior Lecturer in Russian
School of Languages and Cultures
University of Canterbury
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch
New Zealand

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