Marion Schmid

Processes of Literary Creation

Flaubert and Proust

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the genetic processes that shaped two of the great literary masterpieces of modernity: Flaubert's L'Education sentimentale and Proust's A la recherche du temps perdu. A detailed investigation of Flaubert's notebooks and scenarios from 1864 to 1869 and Proust's cahiers from 1908 to 1911 reveals the most diametrically opposed ways in which the two novels evolved in their early stages. By challenging certain modernist' readings of Flaubert, and inviting a rethinking of Proust, the author demonstrates that genetic studies have a direct bearing on the interpretation of literary texts.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 215mm x 142mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 381g
• ISBN-13: 9781900755061
• ISBN-10: 1900755068
• Artikelnr.: 23203928

Autorenporträt

Schmid, Marion

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Note
Introduction
Prologue: An Anatomy of Genetic Criticism
1. The Intellectual Foundations o f the Genetic School
2. The Material Analysis
Classification and Editing of Modem Manuscripts
3. Avant-Texte and Published Text
4. The Critical Potential
5. Questions of Methodology
6. Genetic Horizons
PART I
Flaubert: The Macro-Structural Elaboration of L'Education sentimentale
1. Flaubert
a Programmatic Writer
2. Documentation
3. Textuality and Narrativity
4. Architectural and Narrative Organization
5. Avant-Texte and Published Text: The Modernity Debate Revisited
PART II
Proust: The Genesis of A la recherche du temps perdu in the Period 1908 to 1911
1. Proust
an Immanent Writer
2. The Cahiers Contre Sainte-Beuve: Emergence of Narrative Strands and Thematic Networks (December 1908-Spring 1909)
3. The Development of the Cahiers Contre Sainte-Beuve between Summer 1909 and Summer 1911: Emergence of Narrative Cohesion
Epilogue: In Defence of Textuality
Appendix
Table: Chronology for Proust's Cahiers from the End of 1908 to the Second Typescript (Summer 1911)
Bibliography
Index