The Cambridge Companion to Proust aims to provide a broad
account of the major features of Marcel Proust''s great work A la
recherche du temps perdu 1913–1927. The specially commissioned
essays, by acknowledged experts on Proust, address a wide range of
issues relating to his work. Progressing from background and
biographical material, the chapters investigate such essential
areas as the composition of the novel, its social dimension, the
language in which it is couched, its intellectual parameters, its
humour, its analytical profundity and its wide appeal and
influence. Particular emphasis is placed on illustrating the
discussion of issues by frequent recourse to textual quotation in
both French and English and close analysis. This is the only
contributory volume of its kind on Proust currently available.
Together with its supportive material, a detailed chronology and
bibliography, it will be of interest to scholars and students
alike.
目錄:
Introduction Richard Bales
1. From Belle Epoque to First World War: the social panorama
Cynthia Gamble
2. The vast structure of recollection: from life to literature
William C. Carter
3. Ruskin and the cathedral of lost souls Diane R. Leonard
4. The birth and development of A la recherche du temps perdu
Marion Schmid
5. Lost and found: the structure of Proust''s novel Roger
Shattuck
6. Proust''s Narrator Brian Rogers
7. The unconscious Jack Jordan
8. The texture of Proust''s novel Joshua Landy
9. Proust''s human comedy Hollie Markland Harder
10. Proust and social spaces Edward J. Hughes
11. Love, sexuality and friendship Alison Finch
12. Proust and the fine arts Richard Bales
13. Proust and posterity David Ellison
Proust and the art of brevity Malcolm Bowie