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The Lesbian And The Room: Proust’S Invention Of Difference, Christina L. Stevenson
The Lesbian And The Room: Proust’S Invention Of Difference, Christina L. Stevenson
Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature
More than a conflict between external activity and internal sanctuary, the room in Proust's writing is a figure that weaves a complex fabric of narrative perception. If, in his youth, Proust's narrator believed the room to be a refuge for containing an eroticized feminine Other, the wiser narrative voice reveals the room as offering the disruption rather than the fulfillment of desire. The perspective of childhood is interwoven with the retrospective voice of the adult narrator who dispels the naïve fantasies of the desiring youth. This paper illustrates that confronting the failure of desire becomes imperative for the Proustian narrator …
Edward J. Hughes. Proust, Class, & Nation. Oxford, New York: Oxford Up, 2011. Xiii + 287 Pp., Adeline Soldin
Edward J. Hughes. Proust, Class, & Nation. Oxford, New York: Oxford Up, 2011. Xiii + 287 Pp., Adeline Soldin
Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature
Review of Edward J. Hughes. Proust, Class, & Nation. Oxford, New York: Oxford UP, 2011. xiii + 287 pp.