Proustian Passions The Uses of Self-Justification for a la Recherche du Temps Perdu

Name: Proustian Passions The Uses of Self-Justification for a la Recherche du Temps Perdu
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ISBN: 9780198160045

ISBN-10: 0198160046

ISBN-13: 9780198160045

Edition: 2000

Authors: Ingrid Wassenaar

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A la recherche du temps perdu occupies an undisputed place in the unfolding intellectual history of the 'moi' in France. There is, however, a general tendency in writing on this novel to celebrate the wonders of the moi sensible uncritically. This effaces all that is morally dubious or frankly experimental about Proust's account of selfhood. It denies the rigour with which Proust tries to understand exactly why it is so difficult to explain one's own actions to another. The great party scenes, for example, or the countless digressions, read like manuals on how acts of self-justification take place. Proust, however, is not merely interested in some kind of taxonomy of excuses, hypocrisy,…

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List price: $81.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/22/2000
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 280
Size: 5.43" wide x 8.50" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Introduction



Outwards


Doing the right thing: a study of Proustian parties



Encounters


Digressions and self-justification: making the perfect fit


Moments of attachment: the cloison


Dangerous proximity: the reverses of character



Inwards


Under cover of mourning: the ethics of vulnerability


Conclusion


Appendices: I. A table of Proustian parties



A table of digressions in A la recherche du temps perdu: III. Cloison instances in A la recherche du temps perdu


Index