Proust as Philosopher: The Art of Metaphor

by Miguel de Beistegui

Book Overview

Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time has long fascinated philosophers for its complex accounts of time, personal identity and narrative, amongst many other themes. Proust as Philosopher: The Art of Metaphor is the first book to try and connect Proust's implicit ontology of experience with the question of style, and of metaphor in particular.

Miguel de Beistegui begins with an observation: throughout In Search of Lost Time,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415584310
• ISBN13: 9780415584319
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"