Proust''s in Search of Lost Time - Philosophical Perspectives

In this edited collection, prominent philosophers and critics explore a number of themes in Proust's In Search of Lost Time, illuminating why this enduring story continues to fascinate.

List of contents

• Introduction


• Chapter 1. Why a Novel? Joshua Landy


• Chapter 2. Proust's Parallel Lives, Elisabeth Ladenson


• Chapter 3. The Origins and Ends of Music: Proust Counters Rousseau, Christie McDonald


• Chapter 4. Proust's Intermittent Seriality, or What is a Literary Event? Patrick Bray


• Chapter 5. Swann's Medical Philosophy, Richard Moran


• Chapter 6. The Shadow of Love: The Role of Jealousy in Proust's A la recherche du temps perdu, Robert Pippin


• Chapter 7. In Search of Lost Weather, Dora Zhang


• Chapter 8. Proust's Consciousness, Katherine Elkins

About the author

Katherine Elkins is Professor of Humanities and Comparative Literature at Kenyon College, where she is director of the college's oldest interdisciplinary program and founding Co-Director of the Digital Humanities Colab. Her recent work on AI, philosophy, and language can be found in The Journal of Cultural Analytics, Narrative, and a forthcoming book on Kurt Vonnegut's The Shapes of Stories.

Summary

In this edited collection, prominent philosophers and critics explore a number of themes in Proust's In Search of Lost Time, illuminating why this enduring story continues to fascinate.

Product details

• Authors: Katherine (Professor of Humanities and Com Elkins
• Assisted by: Katherine Elkins (Editor), Katherine (Professor of Humanities and Comparative Literature Elkins (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2022
• EAN: 9780190921583
• ISBN: 978-0-19-092158-3
• No. of pages: 264
• Series: OXFORD STUDIES IN PHIL AND LIT SERIES
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; French, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, Philosophy: aesthetics, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Eastern