Marcel Proust A Life, with a New Preface by the Author

Name: Marcel Proust A Life, with a New Preface by the Author
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ISBN: 9780300191790

ISBN-10: 0300191790

ISBN-13: 9780300191790

Edition: 2013

Authors: William C. Carter

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Reissued with a new preface to commemorate the first publication ofÀ la recherche du temps perduone hundred years ago,Marcel Proustportrays in abundant detail the extraordinary life and times of one of the greatest literary voices of the twentieth century. “An impeccably researched and well-paced narrative that brings vividly and credibly to life not only the writer himself but also the changing world he knew.”—Roger Pearson,New York Times Book Review “William C. Carter is Proust’s definitive biographer.”—Harold Bloom Named a Notable Book of 2000 by theNew York Times Book Review

Book details

List price: $45.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 4/16/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 1000
Size: 0.66" wide x 0.94" long x 0.18" tall
Weight: 3.300
Language: English



Preface to the 2013 Edition


Preface



Petit Marcel (1870-1889)



Secret Places of the Heart



A Sentimental Education



Vanity Fair (1889-1895)



Private Proust



A Modest Literary Debut



A Man About Town



A Musical Prodigy



A Man of Letters (1895-1899)



Pleasures and Days



The Duelists



Am I a Novelist?



A Voluntary Servitude (1900-1906)



Ruskin and Certain Cathedrals



His Blue Eyes



Self-Hypnosis



A Happy Man



Broken Promises



The Only Honey of My Life



The Beginning of Freedom (1907-1912)



Filial Sentiments of a Parricide



The Notebook of 1908



Against Sainte-Beuve



Gathering Impressions



In Search of a Publisher



Love and War (1913-1918)



Proust's Way



Annus Horribilis



Shattered Hearts



A Fortuny Gown



Proust of the Ritz



A Walk in the Snow



The Fountain of Youth (1919-1922)



Homeless



The Idea of Death



I Am Finishing a Great Task



The End of Time


Notes


Index