Proust, Pastiche, and the Postmodern, or Why Style Matters

by James Austin

In this book, Austinargues against the traditional critical view that minimizes Proust's practice of pastiche--the imitation of a writer's style--and that considers it a simple exercise of mastering the predecessor. Instead, this work establishes pastiche as a powerful, ubiquitous practice central to Proust's entire oeuvre.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611484103
• ISBN13: 9781611484106
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.1"