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Description based upon print version of record Available via World Wide Web Cover; A READER'S GUIDE TO PROUST'S IN SEARCH OF LOST TIME; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chronology; Introducton: At the threshold of Proust's novel; APPRECIATING PROUST'S STYLE; PROUST'S LIFE AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE FOR HIS LITERARY WORK; CHILDHOOD; ADOLESCENCE AND EARLY ADULTHOOD; EARLY WRITINGS; PROUST AS TRANSLATOR; THE RECHERCHE FROM ITS INCEPTION UNTIL WORLD WAR I; THE RECHERCHE AFTER WORLD WAR I; CHAPTER 1 Du Côté de chez Swann [The Way by Swann's]; A CURIOUS THREE-PART VOLUME; COMBRAY Between wakefulness and sleep, Or The Place Of Uncertainty (R I, 3-8 S 1, 7-12); The Scene Of The Good-Night Kiss, Or The Primal Scene Of Writing And Reading (R I, 23-43; S 1, 26-46); The Miracle Of Involuntary Memory; The Petite madeleine and The resuscitation of the past (R I, 43-47; S 1, 46-50); COMBRAY: CHARACTERS, PLACES, SCENES (R I, 47-184; S 1, 51-187); UN AMOUR DE SWANN. [.A LOVE OF SWANN'S]; NOMS DE PAYS: LE NOM. [.PLACE-NAMES: THE NAME]; CHAPTER 2 A l'ombre des Jeunes filles en fleurs [In The Shadow of Young Girls In Flower]; AUTOUR DE MME SWANN [AT MME SWANN'S]; Society ArtLove; NOMS DE PAYS: LE PAYS. [.PLACE-NAMES: THE PLACE]; Balbec; Elstir; Charlus; Albertine; CHAPTER 3 Le Côté de Guermantes [The Guermantes Way]; FRIENDSHIP; MYSTERIOUS SEXUALITY AND THE LANGUAGE OF SEDUCTION; ILLNESS AND DEATH; CHAPTER 4 Sodome et Gomorrhe [Sodom and Gomorrah]; "La scène de la conjonction," or Charlus and Jupien conjoined (R III, 3-33; S 4, 5-36); Les Intermittences du coeur [The Intermittences of the Heart] (R III, 148-78; S 153-83); A conversation on the esplanade of the Grand-Hôtel and its effects (R III, 200-29; S 4, 205-35) Désolation au lever du soleil [Desolation at Break of Day] (R III, 497-515 S 4, 505-22); CHAPTER 5 La Prisonnière [The Prisoner] and Albertine disparue [The Fugitive]; LA PRISONNIÈRE; Albertine asleep and awake; The Naming Of "Marcel" (R III, 571-89; S 5, 53-70); The death Of Bergotte; the permanence of art (R III, 687-93; S 5, 165-70); Vinteuil's septet: unveiling the homeland of the artist (R III, 753-69; S 5, 228-43); Vinteuil's septet as aesthetic revelation; The apparent contrast and profound unity between genius And Vice; ALBERTINE DISPARUE Venice: inhabiting and escaping uncanniness (R IV, 202-35 S 5, 588-620); CHAPTER 6 Le Temps retrouvé [Finding Time Again]; CHARLUS IN CHAINS, OR THE THEATRICALITY OF EVIL (R IV, 388-413; S 6, 118-43); PERPETUAL ADORATION: PROUST'S AESTHETIC THEORY (R. IV, 433-96; S 6, 162-226); "Le Bal de têtes" ("the Masked Ball"): the novel reaches its end (R IV, 496-625; s 6, 226-358); Notes; Select bibliography; Index; a novel of education, a portrait of French society during the Third Republic, a masterful psychological analysis of love, a reflection on homosexuality, an essay in moral and aesthetic theory, and, above all, one of the great literary achievements of the twentieth century. This Reader's Guide analyses each volume of the 'Recherche' in order and in detail. Without jargon or technical language, David Ellison leads the reader through the work, clarifying but not oversimplifying the intricate beauty of Proust's imaginary universe. Focused both on large themes and on narrative and stylistic particularities, Ellison's readings expand our understanding and appreciation of the work and provide tools for the further study of Proust. All French quotations are translated, making this an ideal guide for students of comparative literature as well as of French"--Provided by publisher |
