Marcel Proust : a life

Marcel Proust : a life / William C. Carter.

"This book is an account of the life and times of Marcel Proust, one of the greatest literary voices of the twentieth century. Based on a host of recently available letters, memoirs, and manuscripts, it sheds new light on Proust's character, his development as an artist, and his masterpiec...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Carter, William C.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, ©2000.
Series:Henry McBride series in modernism and modernity.
Subjects:
Proust, Marcel, > 1871-1922.
Novelists, French > 20th century > Biography.
Biographies.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Petit Marcel. Secret places of the heart
  • A sentimental education. 2. Vanity fair. Private Proust
  • A modest literary debut
  • A man about town
  • A musical prodigy. 3. A man of letters. Pleasures and days
  • The duelists
  • Am I a novelist? 4. A voluntary servitude. Ruskin and certain cathedrals
  • His blue eyes
  • Self-hypnosis
  • A happy man
  • Broken promises
  • The only honey of my life. 5. The beginning of freedom. Filial sentiments of a parricide
  • The notebook of 1908
  • Against Sainte-Beuve
  • Gathering impressions
  • In search of a publisher. 6. Love and war. Proust's way
  • Annus Horribilis
  • Shattered hearts
  • A fortuny gown
  • Proust of the Ritz
  • A walk in the snow. 7. The fountain of youth. Homeless
  • The idea of death
  • I am finishing a great task
  • The end of time.

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