Marcel Proust : a life

Marcel Proust : a life / William C. Carter.

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.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Carter, William C.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, 2002.
Series:Henry McBride series in modernism and modernity.
Subjects:
Proust, Marcel, > 1871-1922.
Proust, Marcel, > 1871-1922
1900-1999
Novelists, French > 20th century > Biography.
Novelists, French
Biographies
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Preface to the 2013 Edition
  • Preface
  • PART I: Petit Marcel (1870â€?1889)
  • 1 Secret Places of the Heart
  • 2 A Sentimental Education
  • PART II: Vanity Fair (1889â€?1895)
  • 3 Private Proust
  • 4 A Modest Literary Debut
  • 5 A Man About Town
  • 6 A Musical Prodigy
  • PART III: A Man of Letters (1895â€?1899)
  • 7 Pleasures and Days
  • 8 The Duelists
  • 9 Am I a Novelist?
  • PART IV: A Voluntary Servitude (1900â€?1906)
  • 10 Ruskin and Certain Cathedrals
  • 11 His Blue Eyes
  • 12 Self-Hypnosis
  • 13 A Happy Man
  • 14 Broken Promises15 The Only Honey of My Life
  • PART V: The Beginning of Freedom (1907â€?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 (1913â€?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 (1919â€?1922)
  • 27 Homeless
  • 28 The Idea of Death
  • 29 I Am Finishing a Great Task
  • 30 The End of TimeNotes
  • 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

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