Proust's English [[electronic resource] /] / Daniel Karlin

• Autore: Karlin Daniel <1953->
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (244 p.)
• Disciplina: 843/.912
• Soggetto topico: French language - Foreign words and phrases - English
• Soggetto geografico: England In literature
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-218) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; List of Illustrations; Note on Texts and Translations; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Proust's English World; 2. Swann and Odette; 3. Choses Normandes; 4. Les Mots retrouvés; Appendix: The Location of English Words and Phrases in À la recherche du temps perdu; List of Works Cited; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: A fascinating study of English words and phrases in A la recherche du temps perdu, dealing both with the social comedy of French 'Anglomania' - characters who yearn to resemble 'un parfait gentleman' or invite each other to 'le five-o'clock tea' - and with Proust's profound understanding of the necessary 'impurity' of all languages and artistic creation. Karlin demonstrates that English is a significant presence in this greatest of French. masterpieces. - ;English is the 'second language' of A la recherche du temps perdu. Although much has been written about Proust's debt to English literature
• Titolo autorizzato: Proust's English
• ISBN: 1-280-75905-4; 0-19-151451-9; 1-4294-2169-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451115403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II