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This scholarly work explores the profound influence of Victorian literature on Marcel Proust's revolutionary literary method, tracing a transformative period of engagement with English writers that fundamentally reshaped his approach to fiction. Beginning with Proust's 1899 encounter with Ruskin's "The Lamp of Memory" in a Belgian magazine, the book examines how this initial spark ignited a fourteen-year journey of intermittent yet intense enthusiasm for Victorian writing. The study reveals how Proust strategically adopted, absorbed and ultimately discarded various English literary influences whilst developing the distinctive narrative voice that would define Du cote de chez Swann and his broader oeuvre. Through meticulous analysis, this critical work demonstrates how Proust's engagement with Victorian authors catalysed a fundamental rethinking of his artistic vision and literary methodology, establishing essential connections between nineteenth-century English literature and twentieth-century modernist innovation.

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Traces Proust's 1899 discovery of Ruskin's "The Lamp of Memory" and its lasting impact on his narrative development.

Examines the fourteen-year period of Victorian literary engagement that reshaped Proust's method and philosophical approach.

Analyses how Proust adopted and selectively discarded English writers whilst establishing his modernist literary voice.

Published by Palgrave Macmillan, offering rigorous academic scholarship in literary history and criticism.

Explores the connection between Du cote de chez Swann's composition and Victorian literary influences on Proust's technique.

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Amazon UK
Release Date
15 April 1994
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03 January 2007

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