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Marcel Proust: A Life, with a New Preface by the Author
William C. Carter
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Description for Marcel Proust: A Life, with a New Preface by the Author
Paperback. 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. Series: Henry McBride Series in Modernism & Modernity. Num Pages: 992 pages, 47 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 163 x 64. Weight in Grams: 1122.
The extraordinary life and times of Marcel Proust, one of the greatest literary voices of the twentieth century, by "Proust's definitive biographer" (Harold Bloom) Based on a wealth of letters, memoirs, workbooks, and manuscripts unavailable before, the book examines Proust’s character and development as an artist, the glittering Parisian world of which he was a part, and the passions that enabled him to write his masterpiece, In Search of Lost Time.
“Serious, thoughtful, well-balanced, well-informed. . . . Carter is the kind of reader Proust hoped for, one who understands that a great work compels us to become better readers ... Read more
The extraordinary life and times of Marcel Proust, one of the greatest literary voices of the twentieth century, by "Proust's definitive biographer" (Harold Bloom) Based on a wealth of letters, memoirs, workbooks, and manuscripts unavailable before, the book examines Proust’s character and development as an artist, the glittering Parisian world of which he was a part, and the passions that enabled him to write his masterpiece, In Search of Lost Time.
“Serious, thoughtful, well-balanced, well-informed. . . . Carter is the kind of reader Proust hoped for, one who understands that a great work compels us to become better readers ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Yale University Press
Number of pages
992
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Series
Henry McBride Series in Modernism & Modernity
Condition
New
Number of Pages
1000
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300191790
SKU
V9780300191790
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About William C. Carter
William C. Carter, professor emeritus of French at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, is the author of Proust in Love and a new, fully annotated edition of Proust’s classic Swann’s Way.
Reviews for Marcel Proust: A Life, with a New Preface by the Author
“Carter’s greatest contribution to date . . . [a] towering biography of Proust, meticulously researched and accessibly written.”—Adam Watt, H-France Review
Adam Watt
H-France Review
Adam Watt
H-France Review