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The Material Object in the Work of Marcel Proust Contributor(s): Collier, Peter (Other), Baldwin, Tom (Author) |
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ISBN: 3039103237 ISBN-13: 9783039103232 Publisher: Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publis
Binding Type: Paperback Published: May 2005 Click for more in this series: Modern French Identities |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Aesthetics - Literary Criticism | European - French - Philosophy | Movements - Existentialism |
Dewey: 791.436 |
LCCN: 2005051179 |
Series: Modern French Identities |
Physical Information: 0.41" H x 6" W x 9" L (0.59 lbs) 194 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - French |
Features: Bibliography, Index |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This book describes the development of Proust's treatment of material objects from his earliest work Les Plaisirs et les jours to his mature novel la recherche du temps perdu. It examines the literary influences on Proust's way with objects in the light of certain critical texts and reconsiders the significance of Ruskin. As the movement from unreflective and spontaneous representation to a meta-narrative of consciousness is traced, some questions as to the banality of the 'banal object' arise. The meta-narrative finds resonance in a peculiarly Proustian pictoriality which has been largely unnoticed. It resides in descriptions where objects appear simultaneously or at different times as things in paintings and in the real. By exploring connections between Proust's pictoriality and his reflections on 'mati re' and 'surface', the author suggests a radical approach to the modernism of la recherche du temps perdu. |
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