Proust, the Body and Literary Form (Cambridge Studies in French)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: November 2, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780521027540
Subjects: Novels, other prose & writers: from c 1900 -; Literary Criticism; Literature - Classics / Criticism; French; Europe; European - French; Literary Collections / Continental European; Literary Criticism & Collections / French; Proust, Marcel; Proust, Marcel,--1871-1922--Criticism and interpretation; European - General; Hysteria in literature; Neuroses in literature
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