Author: Adam Watt
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139500236
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 155
Book Description
Proust's A la recherche du temps perdu (In Search of Lost Time, 1913–27) changed the course of modern narrative fiction. This Introduction provides an account of Proust's life, the socio-historical and cultural contexts of his work and an assessment of his early works. At its core is a volume-by-volume study of In Search of Lost Time, which attends to its remarkable superstructure, as well as to individual images and the intricacies of Proust's finely-stitched prose. The book reaches beyond stale commonplaces of madeleines and memory, alerting readers to Proust's verbal virtuosity, his preoccupations with the fleeting and the unforeseeable, with desire, jealousy and the nature of reality. Lively, informative chapters on Proust criticism and the work's afterlives in contemporary culture provide a multitude of paths to follow. The book charges readers with the energy and confidence to move beyond anecdote and hearsay and to read Proust's novel for themselves.
The Cambridge Introduction to Marcel Proust
Author: Adam Watt
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139500236
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 155
Book Description
Proust's A la recherche du temps perdu (In Search of Lost Time, 1913–27) changed the course of modern narrative fiction. This Introduction provides an account of Proust's life, the socio-historical and cultural contexts of his work and an assessment of his early works. At its core is a volume-by-volume study of In Search of Lost Time, which attends to its remarkable superstructure, as well as to individual images and the intricacies of Proust's finely-stitched prose. The book reaches beyond stale commonplaces of madeleines and memory, alerting readers to Proust's verbal virtuosity, his preoccupations with the fleeting and the unforeseeable, with desire, jealousy and the nature of reality. Lively, informative chapters on Proust criticism and the work's afterlives in contemporary culture provide a multitude of paths to follow. The book charges readers with the energy and confidence to move beyond anecdote and hearsay and to read Proust's novel for themselves.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139500236
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 155
Book Description
Proust's A la recherche du temps perdu (In Search of Lost Time, 1913–27) changed the course of modern narrative fiction. This Introduction provides an account of Proust's life, the socio-historical and cultural contexts of his work and an assessment of his early works. At its core is a volume-by-volume study of In Search of Lost Time, which attends to its remarkable superstructure, as well as to individual images and the intricacies of Proust's finely-stitched prose. The book reaches beyond stale commonplaces of madeleines and memory, alerting readers to Proust's verbal virtuosity, his preoccupations with the fleeting and the unforeseeable, with desire, jealousy and the nature of reality. Lively, informative chapters on Proust criticism and the work's afterlives in contemporary culture provide a multitude of paths to follow. The book charges readers with the energy and confidence to move beyond anecdote and hearsay and to read Proust's novel for themselves.
The Cambridge Introduction to Marcel Proust
Author: Adam Watt
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521516433
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
Proust's 'A la recherche du temps perdu' ('In Search of Lost Time', 1913─27) changed the course of modern narrative fiction. This Introduction provides an account of Proust's life, the socio-historical and cultural contexts of his work and an assessment of his early works. At its core is a volume-by-volume study of 'In Search of Lost Time', which attends to its remarkable superstructure, as well as to individual images and the intricacies of Proust's finely-stitched prose. The book reaches beyond stale commonplaces of madeleines and memory, alerting readers to Proust's verbal virtuosity, his preoccupations with the fleeting and the unforeseeable, with desire, jealousy and the nature of reality. Lively, informative chapters on Proust criticism and the work's afterlives in contemporary culture provide a multitude of paths to follow. The book charges readers with the energy and confidence to move beyond anecdote and hearsay and to read Proust's novel for themselves.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521516433
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
Proust's 'A la recherche du temps perdu' ('In Search of Lost Time', 1913─27) changed the course of modern narrative fiction. This Introduction provides an account of Proust's life, the socio-historical and cultural contexts of his work and an assessment of his early works. At its core is a volume-by-volume study of 'In Search of Lost Time', which attends to its remarkable superstructure, as well as to individual images and the intricacies of Proust's finely-stitched prose. The book reaches beyond stale commonplaces of madeleines and memory, alerting readers to Proust's verbal virtuosity, his preoccupations with the fleeting and the unforeseeable, with desire, jealousy and the nature of reality. Lively, informative chapters on Proust criticism and the work's afterlives in contemporary culture provide a multitude of paths to follow. The book charges readers with the energy and confidence to move beyond anecdote and hearsay and to read Proust's novel for themselves.
The Cambridge Companion to Proust
Author: Richard Bales
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139826115
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
The Cambridge Companion to Proust, first published in 2001, aims to provide a broad account of the major features of Marcel Proust's great work A la recherche du temps perdu (1913–27). The specially commissioned essays, by acknowledged experts on Proust, address a wide range of issues relating to his work. Progressing from background and biographical material, the chapters investigate such essential areas as the composition of the novel, its social dimension, the language in which it is couched, its intellectual parameters, its humour, its analytical profundity and its wide appeal and influence. Particular emphasis is placed on illustrating the discussion of issues by frequent recourse to textual quotation (in both French and English) and close analysis. This is the only contributory volume of its kind on Proust currently available. Together with its supportive material, a detailed chronology and bibliography, it will be of interest to scholars and students alike.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139826115
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
The Cambridge Companion to Proust, first published in 2001, aims to provide a broad account of the major features of Marcel Proust's great work A la recherche du temps perdu (1913–27). The specially commissioned essays, by acknowledged experts on Proust, address a wide range of issues relating to his work. Progressing from background and biographical material, the chapters investigate such essential areas as the composition of the novel, its social dimension, the language in which it is couched, its intellectual parameters, its humour, its analytical profundity and its wide appeal and influence. Particular emphasis is placed on illustrating the discussion of issues by frequent recourse to textual quotation (in both French and English) and close analysis. This is the only contributory volume of its kind on Proust currently available. Together with its supportive material, a detailed chronology and bibliography, it will be of interest to scholars and students alike.
The Cambridge Introduction to Marcel Proust
Author: Adam Andrew Watt
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781139077231
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 155
Book Description
The most up-to-date and detailed introduction to Proust's life and work available today, including a volume-by-volume study of Proust's novel.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781139077231
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 155
Book Description
The most up-to-date and detailed introduction to Proust's life and work available today, including a volume-by-volume study of Proust's novel.
The Cambridge Introduction to Marcel Proust
Author: Adam Andrew Watt
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781107215887
Category : Electronic books
Languages : en
Pages : 141
Book Description
"Proust's A la recherche du temps perdu (In Search of Lost Time, 1913-27) changed the course of modern narrative fiction. This Introduction provides an account of Proust's life, the socio-historical and cultural contexts of his work and an assessment of his early works. At its core is a volume-by-volume study of In Search of Lost Time, which attends to its remarkable superstructure, as well as to individual images and the intricacies of Proust's finely-stitched prose. The book reaches beyond stale commonplaces of madeleines and memory, alerting readers to Proust's verbal virtuosity, his preoccupations with the fleeting and the unforeseeable, with desire, jealousy and the nature of reality. Lively, informative chapters on Proust criticism and the work's afterlives in contemporary culture provide a multitude of paths to follow. The book charges readers with the energy and confidence to move beyond anecdote and hearsay and to read Proust's novel for themselves"--Provided by publisher.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781107215887
Category : Electronic books
Languages : en
Pages : 141
Book Description
"Proust's A la recherche du temps perdu (In Search of Lost Time, 1913-27) changed the course of modern narrative fiction. This Introduction provides an account of Proust's life, the socio-historical and cultural contexts of his work and an assessment of his early works. At its core is a volume-by-volume study of In Search of Lost Time, which attends to its remarkable superstructure, as well as to individual images and the intricacies of Proust's finely-stitched prose. The book reaches beyond stale commonplaces of madeleines and memory, alerting readers to Proust's verbal virtuosity, his preoccupations with the fleeting and the unforeseeable, with desire, jealousy and the nature of reality. Lively, informative chapters on Proust criticism and the work's afterlives in contemporary culture provide a multitude of paths to follow. The book charges readers with the energy and confidence to move beyond anecdote and hearsay and to read Proust's novel for themselves"--Provided by publisher.
Marcel Proust in Context
Author: Adam Watt
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107021898
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
This wide-ranging volume of essays provides an illuminating set of approaches to the multifaceted contexts of Proust's life and work.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107021898
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
This wide-ranging volume of essays provides an illuminating set of approaches to the multifaceted contexts of Proust's life and work.
A Reader's Guide to Proust's 'In Search of Lost Time'
Author: David Ellison
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521895774
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
A detailed analysis of Proust's masterpiece, aimed at students coming to the work for the first time.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521895774
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
A detailed analysis of Proust's masterpiece, aimed at students coming to the work for the first time.
The Cambridge Companion to Proust
Author: Richard Bales
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521669610
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
This Companion, first published in 2001, aims to provide a broad account of the major features of Proust's work.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521669610
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
This Companion, first published in 2001, aims to provide a broad account of the major features of Proust's work.
The Cambridge Introduction to Thomas Mann
Author: Todd Kontje
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 052176792X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
A succinct introduction to the life and works of Thomas Mann, addressing both his literary texts and his personal life.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 052176792X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
A succinct introduction to the life and works of Thomas Mann, addressing both his literary texts and his personal life.
Roland Barthes: the Proust Variations
Author: Thomas Baldwin
Publisher:
ISBN: 1789620015
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
This book confronts the singularity of the relationship between two exemplary writers of the last century in order to challenge and to reinvigorate our notions of what art and criticism - literary or otherwise - can do. While it takes Roland Barthes's encounters with Marcel Proust's monumental masterpiece À la recherche du temps perdu as its specific focus, the implications of its argument are far-reaching. Indeed, the book argues that Barthes's writing on Proust's work between the early 1950s and 1980 (including a substantial set of unpublished notes for a series of seminars delivered at the University of Rabat in 1969-1970) proposes not only a critical culture of Proust that is productively inconsistent, but also, more generally, a fresh understanding of criticism as a creative activity that embraces insecurity and variation as it refuses to remain fixed upon reassuringly stable themes, meanings and interpretations.
Publisher:
ISBN: 1789620015
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
This book confronts the singularity of the relationship between two exemplary writers of the last century in order to challenge and to reinvigorate our notions of what art and criticism - literary or otherwise - can do. While it takes Roland Barthes's encounters with Marcel Proust's monumental masterpiece À la recherche du temps perdu as its specific focus, the implications of its argument are far-reaching. Indeed, the book argues that Barthes's writing on Proust's work between the early 1950s and 1980 (including a substantial set of unpublished notes for a series of seminars delivered at the University of Rabat in 1969-1970) proposes not only a critical culture of Proust that is productively inconsistent, but also, more generally, a fresh understanding of criticism as a creative activity that embraces insecurity and variation as it refuses to remain fixed upon reassuringly stable themes, meanings and interpretations.