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The Proustian Quest / ed. by William Carter, Jeffrey Lange.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : New York University Press, [2020]Copyright date: ©1992Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780814714706
  • 9780814790120
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 843/.912 20
LOC classification:
  • PQ2631.R63 A7827 1992
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Summary: "An ambitious study, the fruit of sustained work over many years. Professor Carter's book deploys a stunning knowledge of Proust and places Carter among the first line of Proust scholars in the country."-Roger Shattuck,Boston University The Proustian Quest is the first full-length study that explores the influence of social change on Proust's vision. In Remembrance of Things Past, Proust describes how the machines of transportation and communication transformed fashion, social mores, time-space perception, and the understanding of the laws of nature. Concentrating on the motif of speed, Carter establishes the centrality of the modern world to the novel's main themes and produces a far- reaching synthesis that demonstrates the work's profound structural unity.
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"An ambitious study, the fruit of sustained work over many years. Professor Carter's book deploys a stunning knowledge of Proust and places Carter among the first line of Proust scholars in the country."-Roger Shattuck,Boston University The Proustian Quest is the first full-length study that explores the influence of social change on Proust's vision. In Remembrance of Things Past, Proust describes how the machines of transportation and communication transformed fashion, social mores, time-space perception, and the understanding of the laws of nature. Concentrating on the motif of speed, Carter establishes the centrality of the modern world to the novel's main themes and produces a far- reaching synthesis that demonstrates the work's profound structural unity.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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