Landy Joshua (Andrew B. Hammond Professor Of French And Professor Of Comparative Literature Andrew B. Hammond Professor Of French And Professor Of Comparative Literature Stanford University)
Landy Joshua (Andrew B. Hammond Professor Of French And Professor Of Comparative Literature Andrew B. Hammond Professor Of French And Professor Of Comparative Literature Stanford University) - Marcel Proust: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback
Landy Joshua (Andrew B. Hammond Professor Of French And Professor Of Comparative Literature Andrew B. Hammond Professor Of French And Professor Of Comparative Literature Stanford University) - Marcel Proust: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback
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Description: 100 years after Proust's death In Search of Lost Time remains one of the greatest works in World Literature. At 3,000 pages it can be intimidating to some. This short volume invites first - time readers and veterans alike to view the novel in a new way. Marcel Proust (1871 - 1922) was arguably France's best - known literary writer. He was the author of stories essays translations and a 3,000 - page novel In Search of Lost Time (1913 - 27). This book is a brief guide to Proust's magnum opus in which Joshua Landy invites the reader to view the novel as a single quest - - a quest for purpose enchantment identity connection and belonging - - through the novel's fascinating treatments of memory society art same - sex desire knowledge self - understanding self - fashioning and the unconscious mind. Landy also shows why the questions Proust raises are important and exciting for all of us: how we can feel at home in the world; how we can find genuine connection with other human beings; how we can find enchantment in a world without God; how art can transform our lives; whether an artist's life can shed light on their work; what we can know about the world other people and ourselves; when not knowing is better than knowing; how sexual orientation affects questions of connection and identity; who we are deep down; what memory tells us about our inner world; why it might be good to think of our life as a story; how we can feel like a single unified person when we are torn apart by change and competing desires. Finally Landy suggests why it's worthwhile to read the novel itself - how the long difficult but joyous experience of making it through 3,000 pages of prose can be transformative for our minds and souls.
Title: Marcel Proust: A Very Short Introduction
Author(s): Landy Joshua (Andrew B. Hammond Professor Of French And Professor Of Comparative Literature Andrew B. Hammond Professor Of French And Professor Of Comparative Literature Stanford University)
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Barcode: 9780197586556
Pages: 136 Pages, 10 B/W Illustrations
Publication Date: 12/18/2024
Series: Very Short Introductions
Category: Literary Studies: Fiction, Novelists & Prose Writers
Description: 100 years after Proust's death In Search of Lost Time remains one of the greatest works in World Literature. At 3,000 pages it can be intimidating to some. This short volume invites first - time readers and veterans alike to view the novel in a new way. Marcel Proust (1871 - 1922) was arguably France's best - known literary writer. He was the author of stories essays translations and a 3,000 - page novel In Search of Lost Time (1913 - 27). This book is a brief guide to Proust's magnum opus in which Joshua Landy invites the reader to view the novel as a single quest - - a quest for purpose enchantment identity connection and belonging - - through the novel's fascinating treatments of memory society art same - sex desire knowledge self - understanding self - fashioning and the unconscious mind. Landy also shows why the questions Proust raises are important and exciting for all of us: how we can feel at home in the world; how we can find genuine connection with other human beings; how we can find enchantment in a world without God; how art can transform our lives; whether an artist's life can shed light on their work; what we can know about the world other people and ourselves; when not knowing is better than knowing; how sexual orientation affects questions of connection and identity; who we are deep down; what memory tells us about our inner world; why it might be good to think of our life as a story; how we can feel like a single unified person when we are torn apart by change and competing desires. Finally Landy suggests why it's worthwhile to read the novel itself - how the long difficult but joyous experience of making it through 3,000 pages of prose can be transformative for our minds and souls.
Title: Marcel Proust: A Very Short Introduction
Author(s): Landy Joshua (Andrew B. Hammond Professor Of French And Professor Of Comparative Literature Andrew B. Hammond Professor Of French And Professor Of Comparative Literature Stanford University)
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Barcode: 9780197586556
Pages: 136 Pages, 10 B/W Illustrations
Publication Date: 12/18/2024
Series: Very Short Introductions
Category: Literary Studies: Fiction, Novelists & Prose Writers
