Margaret Topping

Proust's Gods

Christian and Mythological Figures of Speech in the Works of Marcel Proust

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This study explores two interweaving networks of imagery which are vital to key thematic areas of Proust's fictional construct. These are Christian and biblical, and classical and mythological figures of speech. Proust's metaphorical vision places these figures into new and often unlikely contexts.

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Proust's works are peculiarly rich in figures of speech drawn from Christian and biblical, and classical and mythological sources. This study explores the functions and effects of these interweaving cycles of imagery - cycles which are vital to key thematic areas of A la recherche du temps perdu. It also opens up a wider, diachronic perspective, analysing the increasing sophistication of Proust's style from his earliest writings onwards, and re-evaluating the role of the largely-ignored Correspondance in his stylistic development.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Oktober 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9780198160083
• ISBN-10: 0198160089
• Artikelnr.: 26624009

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction
* 1: A la recherche du temps perdu: Classical and mythological figures
of speech
* 2: A la recherche du temps perdu: Christian and biblical figures of
speech
* 3: Towards stylistic maturity: Christian and mythological figures of
speech in Proust's writing other than A la recherche du temps perdu
* Conclusion
* Appendices:
* Principal Greek and Roman gods and goddesses
* Dates and places of publication of literary writing excluding A la
recherche du temps perdu
* Dates correlating to each volume of correspondence
* Bibliography
* Index