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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786334203321

Autore

Beistegui Miguel de <1966->

Titolo

Proust as philosopher : the art of metaphor / / Miguel de Beistegui ; translated by Dorothée Bonnigal Katz, with Simon Sparks and Miguel de Beistegui

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, ©2013

ISBN

1-135-72259-5

1-283-84515-6

1-135-72252-8

0-203-72100-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (135 p.)

Disciplina

843/.912

Soggetti

Metaphor in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [125]-127) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Proust as Philosopher; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; 1. Looking for joy; 2. Proust among the psychologists; 3. Finding joy (involuntary memory); 4. Giving joy (metaphor); 5. Dress or patchwork?; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time has long fascinated philosophers for its complex accounts of time, personal identity and narrative, amongst many other themes. Proust as Philosopher: The Art of Metaphor is the first book to try and connect Proust's implicit ontology of experience with the question of style, and of metaphor in particular.Miguel de Beistegui begins with an observation: throughout In Search of Lost Time, the two main characters seem prone to chronic dissatisfaction in matters of love, friendship and even art. Reality always falls short