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Proust's English / Daniel Karlin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Karlin, Daniel, 1953-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- French language--Foreign words and phrases--English.
- French language.
- England--In literature.
- England.
- Proust, Marcel, 1871-1922--Language.
- Proust, Marcel.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (244 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A fascinating study of English words and phrases in A la recherche du temps perdu, dealing both with the social comedy of French 'Anglomania' - characters who yearn to resemble 'un parfait gentleman' or invite each other to 'le five-o'clock tea' - and with Proust's profound understanding of the necessary 'impurity' of all languages and artistic creation. Karlin demonstrates that English is a significant presence in this greatest of French. masterpieces. - ;English is the 'second language' of A la recherche du temps perdu. Although much has been written about Proust's debt to English literature
- Contents:
- Contents; List of Illustrations; Note on Texts and Translations; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Proust's English World; 2. Swann and Odette; 3. Choses Normandes; 4. Les Mots retrouvés; Appendix: The Location of English Words and Phrases in À la recherche du temps perdu; List of Works Cited; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-218) and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-75905-4
- 0-19-151451-9
- 1-4294-2169-X
- OCLC:
- 437109036
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