num_pages: 420
description: Essays foreshadowing the great themes of Remembrance of Things PastBeginning with the remarkable essay "Contre Saint-Beuve, " this surprising and stimulating critical collection presents Proust's views on the contemporary writing of his era, on painting and painters, and on such literary masters of the nineteenth century as Tolstoy, Goethe, and Stendhal."The whole volume is an impassioned plea by Proust himself . . . it will enlighten readers of Remembrance of Things Past. "-- New York Times Book Review
language: English
title: Proust on Art and Literature
titlecomplete: Proust on Art and Literature
genres: Essays, Art, French Literature, Literature, Criticism, Nonfiction, Writing, Literary Criticism, France
ratings_count: 154
publisher: Da Capo Press