Marcel Proust in the light of William James : in search of a lost source / Marilyn M. Sachs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sachs, Marilyn M., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Proust, Marcel, 1871-1922--Criticism and interpretation.

Proust, Marcel, 1871-1922. À la recherche du temps perdu.

James, William, 1842-1910--Influence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (329 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Although William James was a significant presence in Paris at the dawn of the 20th century, his psychological and philosophical theories well known, any role he played in the gestation of Marcel Proust's ground-breaking novel À la recherche du temps perdu has been neglected by scholars on both sides of the Atlantic-until now. Much of what made Proust's novel so startlingly original stems from James's writings, which were available to Proust in French translation.

Contents:

Introduction: Seeing Proust in a new light

Text in context: points of contact and circles of acquaintance

The Jamesian stream and the Proustian art of consciousness

Parallels in the penumbra: tracking James's psychology in Proust's novel

From Jean to Je: experience in the first person singular

Patterns of palimpsest: James's theories and Proust's prose in the purview of neuro-cognitive science.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

979-82-16-28570-0

0-7391-8163-7

OCLC:

870245599