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Proust on Art and Literature Revised Edition
Contributor(s): Proust, Marcel (Author), Warner, Sylvia Townsend (Translator), Kilmartin, Terence (Introduction by)

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 ISBN: 0786704543     ISBN-13: 9780786704545
Publisher: Da Capo Press
OUR PRICE: $23.74  

Binding Type: Paperback
Published: August 1997
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Annotation: Beginning with the remarkable essay "Contre Sainte-Beuve", this surprising and stimulating critical collection includes Proust on the contemporary writing of his era, on painting and painters, and on such literary masters of the nineteenth century as Tolstoy, Goethe, and Stendhal.
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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Collections | Essays
- Literary Criticism | European - French
- Art | Criticism & Theory
Dewey: 843.912
LCCN: 97017483
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.53" W x 8.16" L (1.00 lbs) 420 pages
 
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Publisher Description:
Essays foreshadowing the great themes of Remembrance of Things Past

Beginning with the remarkable essay Contre Saint-Beuve, this surprising and stimulating critical collection presents Proust's views on the contemporary writing of his era, on painting and painters, and on such literary masters of the nineteenth century as Tolstoy, Goethe, and Stendhal.
The whole volume is an impassioned plea by Proust himself . . . it will enlighten readers of Remembrance of Things Past.--New York Times Book Review
 
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