9780521673389

Proust and Venice

Format: Paperback

ISBN13: 9780521673389

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Overview

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.

ISBN-13

9780521673389

ISBN-10

0521673380

Weight

0.59 Pounds

Dimensions

5.50 x 0.49 x 8.50 In

List Price

$46.99

Edition

1st Edition

Format

Paperback

Language

English

Pages

196 pages

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published On

2005-06-30



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