Synopsis
Stephen Bann is Professor and Director of the Centre for Modern Cultural Studies at the University of Kent, where he has taught since 1967- He has taken an active part in the translation and dissemination of contemporary French writing over the past quarter century. His own books include The Clothing of Clio ( 1984 ), The True Vine ( 1989 ) and The Inventions of History (1990). Julia Kristeva's Eliot Lectures on Proust mark an important stage in her career, as a critic, writer and theoretician. Proust has been one of her major interests, as a teacher, over the past few years. This book shows beyond doubt that she regards him as the major French writer of the present century. Indeed, Proust is shown to anticipate to a remarkable degree the preoccupations of a contemporary audience. He opens up a dimension of "embodied" time which sustains and nourishes the human psyche in its present predicament. Kristeva does not reject Previous Proust criticism. On the contrary, she Builds on much of the best that has been written in recent year's, notably the work of Gerard Genette, Gilles Deleuze and Rene Girard. She also uses material from the archival study of Proust's manuscripts, and historical accounts of his own philosophical sources.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
Review
Kristeva investigates several important rhetorical, philosophical, psychoanalytical, and sociological dimensions of Proust's novel...Every page offers the reader a new insight. The breathtaking intensity of her observations, the luminous brilliance of her reflections...point to a subtle and erudite mind actively engaged in reading a difficult work and taking great pleasure in the discovery that the reading has involved.
About the Author
Julia Kristeva, internationally known psychoanalyst and critic, is Professor of Linguistics at the University de Paris VII. She has hosted a French television series and is the author of many critically acclaimed books published by Columbia University Press in translation, including Time and Sense: Proust and the Experience of Literature and the novel, Possessions.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
Other Popular Editions of the Same Title
Search results for Proust and the Sense of Time (Eliot Lectures)
Stock Image
Proust and the Sense of Time (Eliot Lectures)
Seller: Anybook.com, Lincoln, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,350grams, ISBN:9780571168804. Seller Inventory # 2939277
Buy Used
£ 26.31
Shipping:
£ 12.94
From United Kingdom to U.S.A.
Quantity: 1 available
Seller Image
Proust and the sense of time / translated and with an introduction by Stephen Bann
Published by
London: Faber and Faber, 1993
ISBN 10: 0571168809
ISBN 13: 9780571168804
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: RightWayUp Books, Woodbridge, SUFFO, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Kristeva, Julia. Proust and the sense of time / translated and with an introduction by Stephen Bann. First UK edition. London: Faber and Faber, 1993. Hardback, VG, in unclipped dustjacket with minor shelfwear. Brown cloth with cream lettering to spine. Binding strong. xvi, 103pp. Light tanning to page edges. Contents clean and bright. Noted literary critic, psychoanalyst, and theorist Julia Kristeva presents a thoroughly original and compelling reading of Proust's Remembrance of Things Past, just delivered at the 1992 T.S. Eliot Memorial Lectures at Canterbury. Kristeva's first essay, "Proust and Time Embodied," takes a broadly psychoanalytical, linguistically sensitive approach to Proust's exploration of time and the operation of memory. Next in "In Search of Madeline," she delves into Proust's concept of the little cake that flooded him with the taste of childhood regained, providing an explanation for Proust's search for the deeper levels of childhood grounded in her psychoanalytic experience. Throughout Proust and the Sense of Time, Kristeva draws on Proust's notebooks and manuscripts, pointing out significant variations in the different versions of his work. She examines his early philosophical training and the philosophical trends in Paris at the turn of the century, seeking to explain how he his concept of the primacy of memory and sensation. RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. All images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing. Seller Inventory # ABE-1715344542181
Stock Image
Proust and the Sense of Time (Eliot Lectures)
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0571168809I3N00