Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-192) and index
Remembering forgetting: Le drame du coucher -- Impressions, the instant of artistic consciousness, and social history -- Lying, irony, and power: Proust's deceptive allegories -- Proust's forgetful ironies -- Molloy's way: the parody of allegory -- Moran's way: the forgetful spiral of irony -- Malone dies and the impossibility of not saying I -- The unnamable: the death of the ironical self and the return of history
This is the first book-length comparison of the narrative techniques of Marcel Proust and Samuel Beckett. This study is an important contribution to critical literature, and offers fresh perspectives on the crucial importance of the Recherche and Beckett's trilogy: Molloy, Malone dies, and The Unnamable in the context of the twentieth-century novel
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Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K
This is the first book-length comparison of the narrative techniques of Marcel Proust and Samuel Beckett. This study is an important contribution to critical literature, and offers fresh perspectives on the crucial importance of the Recherche and...
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This is the first book-length comparison of the narrative techniques of Marcel Proust and Samuel Beckett. This study is an important contribution to critical literature, and offers fresh perspectives on the crucial importance of the Recherche and Beckett's trilogy: Molloy, Malone dies, and The Unnamable in the context of the twentieth-century novel
Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-192) and index
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Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 Remembering forgetting: Le Drame du coucher; CHAPTER 2 Impressions, the instant of artistic consciousness, and social history; CHAPTER 3 Lying, irony, and power: Proust's deceptive allegories; CHAPTER 4 Proust's forgetful ironies; CHAPTER 5 Molloy's Way: The parody of allegory; CHAPTER 6 Moran's Way: The forgetful spiral of irony; CHAPTER 7 Malone Dies and the impossibility of not saying I; CHAPTER 8 The Unnamable: The death of the ironical self and the return of history; Notes; Bibliography
