The Proustian Quest / William Carter, Jeffrey Lange.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carter, William C.

Contributor:

Carter, William, Editor.

Lange, Jeffrey, Editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Proust, Marcel.

Speed in literature.

Social change in literature.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (326 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : New York University Press, [1992]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"An ambitious study, the fruit of sustained work over many years. Professor Carter's book deploys a stunning knowledge of Proust and places Carter among the first line of Proust scholars in the country."-Roger Shattuck,Boston University The Proustian Quest is the first full-length study that explores the influence of social change on Proust's vision. In Remembrance of Things Past, Proust describes how the machines of transportation and communication transformed fashion, social mores, time-space perception, and the understanding of the laws of nature. Concentrating on the motif of speed, Carter establishes the centrality of the modern world to the novel's main themes and produces a far- reaching synthesis that demonstrates the work's profound structural unity.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgments

1. The Age of Speed

2. Women as Landscapes

3. Girls in Motion

4. Speed and Desire

5. The Prison

6. Death of an Aviator

7. The Artist and the Aviator

8. The Cosmos Builder

Notes

Index

About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-296) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jun 2020)

ISBN:

0-8147-9012-7

OCLC:

784884499