Proust and Venice - Softcover

Collier

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521673380 ISBN 13: 9780521673389

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

Proust's famous novel A la recherche du temps perdu (Remembrance of Things Past) is a fascinating exploration not only of memory and desire, of high society and everyday life, but also of art. The study focuses on Venice, one of the hero's central obsessions, and shows how a whole network of allusions to art (from Titian to Turner, from Ruskin to Emile Mâle, from Giotto to Bellini, from Byzantine mosaic to the dresses designed by Fortuny after paintings by Carpaccio) ties in with the hero's quest for self-knowledge and self-fulfilment. Peter Collier demonstrates how an understanding of the writer's artistic sources and reworkings can shed light both on Proust's complex prose style and on the aesthetic theory proposed by his novel. Most importantly, Venice and Italian art provide a new key to the central themes of the novel: memory and desire.

About this title

Book Description:

This study of Proust's famous novel A la recherche du temps perdu (Remembrance of Things Past) focuses on Venice, one of the hero's central obsessions, and shows how a whole network of allusions to art (from Titian to Turner, from Byzantine mosaic to Fortuny dresses) ties in with the hero's quest for self-knowledge and self-fulfilment.

Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Italian

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0521673380
• ISBN 13: 9780521673389
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 196