Proust: Philosophy of the Novel

by Vincent Descombes

Through the voice of the narrator of Remembrance of Things Past, Proust observes of the painter Elstir that the paintings are bolder than the artist; Elstir the painter is bolder than Elstir the theorist. This book applies the same distinction Proust; the Proustian novel is bolder than Proust the theorist. By this the author means that the novel is philosophically bolder, that it pursues further the task Proust identifies as the writer's work:...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804720002
• ISBN13: 9780804720007
• Release Date: August 1992
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.9"