The Cambridge Introduction to Marcel Proust
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The Cambridge Introduction to Marcel Proust by Adam Watt
Informative coverage of Proust's life, the social and cultural contexts of his work and a volume-by-volume study of In Search of Lost Time, as well as chapters on the novel's critical reception and its afterlives in contemporary culture.
'Watt creates a successful guidebook for new and hesitant readers of the Recherche … [He] shares with his reader what, in the end, is the true secret of Proust's novel: for its great length and difficulty, the Recherche holds the promise of being an inexhaustible source of pleasure' H-France Review
'Watt manages to make a difference with his fresh overview of Proust reception beyond literary scholarship and his focus on highlighting the richness of the Search beyond the well-known stereotypes of madeleine and memory. One of his most commendable achievements in this respect is the attention to the text's linguistic quality.' Modern & Contemporary France
'Watt manages to make a difference with his fresh overview of Proust reception beyond literary scholarship and his focus on highlighting the richness of the Search beyond the well-known stereotypes of madeleine and memory. One of his most commendable achievements in this respect is the attention to the text's linguistic quality.' Modern & Contemporary France
Adam Watt is Senior Lecturer in French at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is the author of Reading in Proust's A la recherche: 'le délire de la lecture' (2009), and editor of Le Temps retrouvé Eighty Years After/80 ans après: Critical Essays/Essais critiques (2009).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780521516433 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521516439 |
| Title | The Cambridge Introduction to Marcel Proust |
| Author | Adam Watt |
| Series | Cambridge Introductions To Literature |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2011-04-07 |
| Number of pages | 154 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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