The Cambridge Introduction to Marcel Proust

by Adam A. Watt

Book Overview

Proust's 'A la recherche du temps perdu' ('In Search of Lost Time', 191327) changed the course of modern narrative fiction. This Introduction provides an account of Proust's life, the socio-historical and cultural contexts of his work and an assessment of his early works. At its core is a volume-by-volume study of 'In Search of Lost Time', which attends to its remarkable superstructure, as well as to individual images and the intricacies of Proust's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521734320
• ISBN13: 9780521734325
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 154 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 8.9"