The Material Object in the Work of Marcel Proust

By:

Thomas Baldwin

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Modern French Identities,

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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.

Author Biography:

The Author: Thomas Baldwin studied for a BA in French and German at University College London and for a D.Phil. at New College, Oxford. He currently teaches at the �cole normale sup�rieure in Paris. He has published articles on Proust, Gilles Deleuze and Jacques Bouveresse.

Release date Australia

May 17th, 2005

Author

Thomas Baldwin

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Pages

188

Series

Modern French Identities,

ISBN-13

9783039103232

Product ID

11706328

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