{"product_id":"proustian-passions-ingrid-wassenaar-9780198160045","title":"Proustian Passions: The Uses of Self-Justification for a la Recherche Du Temps Perdu","description":"Writing on \u003cem\u003eA la recherche du temps perdu\u003c\/em\u003e has tended to celebrate the wonders of the moi sensible uncritically. This overlooks the rigour with which Proust tries to understand exactly why explaining one's own actions is so difficult. Can we decide, he asks, whether justifying oneself should be written off as morally repugnant, or taken seriously as evidence of moral probity? \u003cem\u003eProustian Passions\u003c\/em\u003e examines the case for taking self-justification seriously. This is a brand new vision of a novel whose plunge into subjectivity now seems prescient of the entire twentieth century's cultural trajectory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ingrid Wassenaar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0198160046\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198160045\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/22\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 284\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.12lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.75d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2001 pg. 1087","brand":"Ingrid Wassenaar","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47419009237247,"sku":"9780198160045","price":86.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e2bf48e3-7c80-4476-8ce0-a341cd9be4bc.jpg?v=1761508893","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/proustian-passions-ingrid-wassenaar-9780198160045","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}