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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792016703321

Autore

Carter William C

Titolo

Marcel Proust [[electronic resource] ] : a life / / William C. Carter ; with a new preface by the author

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven, Conn. ; ; London, : Yale University Press, 2013

ISBN

0-300-19509-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1000 p.)

Collana

Henry McBride series in modernism and modernity

Disciplina

843/.912 B

Soggetti

Novelists, French - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: 2000.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface to the 2013 Edition""; ""Preface""; ""PART I: Petit Marcel (1870�1889)""; ""1 Secret Places of the Heart""; ""2 A Sentimental Education""; ""PART II: Vanity Fair (1889�1895)""; ""3 Private Proust""; ""4 A Modest Literary Debut""; ""5 A Man About Town""; ""6 A Musical Prodigy""; ""PART III: A Man of Letters (1895�1899)""; ""7 Pleasures and Days""; ""8 The Duelists""; ""9 Am I a Novelist?""; ""PART IV: A Voluntary Servitude (1900�1906)""; ""10 Ruskin and Certain Cathedrals""; ""11 His Blue Eyes""; ""12 Self-Hypnosis""; ""13 A Happy Man""

""14 Broken Promises""""15 The Only Honey of My Life""; ""PART V: The Beginning of Freedom (1907�1912)""; ""16 Filial Sentiments of a Parricide""; ""17 The Notebook of 1908""; ""18 Against Sainte-Beuve""; ""19 Gathering Impressions""; ""20 In Search of a Publisher""; ""PART VI: Love and War (1913�1918)""; ""21 Proust's Way""; ""22 Annus Horribilis""; ""23 Shattered Hearts""; ""24 A Fortuny Gown""; ""25 Proust of the Ritz""; ""26 A Walk in the Snow""; ""PART VII: The Fountain of Youth (1919�1922)""; ""27 Homeless""; ""28 The Idea of Death""; ""29 I Am Finishing a Great Task""

""30 The End of Time""""Notes""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""

Sommario/riassunto

Reissued with a new preface to commemorate the publication of "A la recherche du temps perdu" one hundred years ago, this title portrays in abundant detail the life and times of literary voices of the twentieth



century.