Proustian passions
Subtitle: the uses of self-justification for A la recherche du temps perdu
By: Ingrid Wassenaar.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 266
Subjects: Proust, Marcel, 1871-1922.; Self in literature.
Description: Studies of A la recherche du temps perdu tend to celebrate the wonders of the moi sensible uncritically, effacing all that is morally dubious or experimental about Proust's account of selfhood. This study examines his ideas on self-justification.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [242]-262) and index.