The Two Hundred Sixty-Seven Plants in the Writings of Marcel Proust (1871-1922) [electronic resource] : A Documentary Interpretation of the Botanical Influences on His Literature

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morley, Brian D.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Botany in literature.

Proust, Marcel, 1871-1922--Knowledge--Botany.

Proust, Marcel.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (546 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Two Hundred Sixty-Seven Plants in the Writings of Marcel Proust

Place of Publication:

Lewiston : The Edwin Mellen Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The most complete scholarly work to study representations of plants in the writings of Marcel Proust. Proust took simple inspiration from the gardens he observed in his daily life. This book takes a different approach because it is based on the author's fiction and correspondence. It also explains how Proust was a chronic asthmatic, whose passion for plants actually caused him to suffer. Proust used plants as a creative tool, yet they also led to his physical decline.

Contents:

THE TWO HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN PLANTS IN THE WRITINGS OF MARCEL PROUST (1871-1922): A Documentary Interpretation of the Botanical Influences on His Literature; Copyright Page; Dedication; Analytical Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 - Childhood; Chapter 2 - Adolescence; Chapter 3 - A camellia button-hole period; Chapter 4 - The demon of generosity; Chapter 5 - Living a life; Chapter 6 - A Ruskin interlude; Chapter 7 - Human herbalist-moral botanist; Chapter 8 - Time...and time again; Postscript; Illustrated Appendix; List of Abbreviations; Notes

Notes to PrefaceBibliography; Indices; Index to plant names, terms and topics; Index to people and places, real and fictional creations of Proust

Notes:

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ISBN:

0-7734-1769-9

OCLC:

828299228