Proust's Binoculars: A Study of Memory, Time and Recognition in "A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu"

by Roger Shattuck

Book Overview

In this compact volume readers just beginning Proust's master work and those who are already enriched by it will become aware of a significance not unkown but only forgotten--the basic structure of Proust's enormous novel. The overall meaning of Proust's book lies in his three ways of looking at the world--cinematographic, montage, and stereoscopic--and their varying effects on the emotions and the intellect. Originally published in 1983. The Princeton...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691014035
• ISBN13: 9780691014036
• Release Date: May 1983
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.2" x 8.0"