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Metamorphoses of the Proustian Body: A Study of Bodily Signs in a la Recherche Du Temps Perdu (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780820422442)
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xLike other hermeneutic objects in Proust's novel, the body has a rich but equivocal potential as a signifier, both inviting and resisting interpretation. Setting out from the original transparency of the maternal body in Combray, the hero's successive misreadings of bodies form an important part of his extended subjection to illusion. This enthrallment to error will not dissipate until the final revelations of Le Temps retrouvé, where, on the threshold of discovering his artistic vocation, bodies acquire a new transparency for the hero, stripped of the myth-making power that characterized their earlier status in the novel.
Author: Mary Ann Caws,Richard Saunders
ISBN-10: 0820422444
ISBN-13: 9780820422442
Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
Language: English
Published: 10/01/1994
Pages: 251
Format: Hardcover
Author: Mary Ann Caws,Richard Saunders
ISBN-10: 0820422444
ISBN-13: 9780820422442
Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
Language: English
Published: 10/01/1994
Pages: 251
Format: Hardcover
By Mary Ann Caws
xThe Author: Richard W. Saunders received his Ph.D. in Romance Languages from The Catholic University of America. He has taugth at Indiana University, Howard University, and The Catholic University of America. He is currently an adjunct professor of French in the Department of Language and Foreign Studies of The American University in Washington, D.C.
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