Metaphoric Narration: Paranarrative Dimensions in A la recherche du temps perdu

by Luz Aurora Pimentel

Readers of Proust are aware of the special place that metaphor has in his work, both as his passport to immorality and as an instrument for discovery. Countless books and articles have been written on his stylistic use of metaphor, but very few have described its role in the text's organization.

Luz Aurora Pimentel begins with the proposition that metaphor should operate beyond -- or below -- the observable verbal texture of a narrative...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1487580770
• ISBN13: 9781487580773
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"