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Swann’s Way by Marcel Proust

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Swann's Way eBook
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Author Biography

Name: Marcel Proust
Birth Date: July 10, 1871
Death Date: November 18, 1922
Place of Birth: Auteuil, France
Place of Death: Paris, France
Nationality: French
Gender: Male
Occupations: author

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Biography of (Valentin-) (Louis-George-Eugene-)Marcel Proust
21374 words, approx. 71.2 pages
In 1936 Léon Pierre-Quint claimed that the vogue for A la recherche du temps perdu (Remembrance of Things Past) was ended and that Marcel Proust was destined henceforth to interest only thesis writers at the Sorbonne. He was still the authority on...
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Biography of Marcel Proust
5561 words, approx. 18.5 pages
Marcel Proust is generally considered the greatest French novelist of the twentieth century. His reputation, which derives almost exclusively from the importance of his multivolume novel Remembrance of Things Past (also translated as In Search of Lost Ti...
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Biography of Marcel Proust
1758 words, approx. 5.9 pages
The French novelist Marcel Proust (1871-1922) ranks as one of the greatest literary figures of the 20th century. He abandoned plot and traditional dramatic action for the vision of the first-person narrator confronting his world. Marcel Proust was born t...


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Swann’s Way Information
4,213 words, approx. 14 pages
The Captive redirects here. For the 1915 film directed by Cecil B. DeMille , see The Captive (film) . In Search of Lost Time A first galley proof of À la recherche du temps perdu: Du côté de chez Swann with Proust's handwritten corrections. Author...


News and Journals
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Reading Eagle (Reading, PA)
Not all are sure Swann is go-to guy: Some Berks County members of the Republican state committee are waiting to see former football player Lynn Swann?s platform. Others think only he can beat Democratic Gov. Ed Rendell.
01/06/2006: 547 words, approx. 2 pages
Byline: Dan Kelly Jan. 6--Reaction from Republican state committee members from Berks County to Pro Football Hall of Famer Lynn Swann's announcement that he's running for governor range from non-committal to firm support. The three female committee members contacted said they...
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The American Organist
CATHEDRAL ACCENTS: Responses for Worship, J.S. Bach, Fred Bock, Frederick Swann, S.S. Wesley, Frederick C. Atkinson, and Mark Thallander
03/01/2008: 110 words, approx. 1 pages
CATHEDRAL ACCENTS: Responses for Worship, J.S. Bach, Fred Bock, Frederick Swann, S.S. Wesley, Frederick C. Atkinson, and Mark Thallander. SATB with soprano solo/organ. H.T. FitzSimons F2342. Four Calls to Worship and four Calls to Prayer make up this useful 15-page octavo. None are easy,...
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The New York Observer
Proust Positive! My Marcel Party Makes Major Waves
10/29/2006: 805 words, approx. 3 pages
At the risk of sounding a bit elitist and foppish, I must confess that while Madge was trying to save Malawian infants, I spent most of last week attempting to conjure up the ghost of Marcel Proust. Faced with the challenge of concocting an event...
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The New York Observer
Proust Positive! My Marcel Party Makes Major Waves
10/29/2006: 805 words, approx. 3 pages
At the risk of sounding a bit elitist and foppish, I must confess that while Madge was trying to save Malawian infants, I spent most of last week attempting to conjure up the ghost of Marcel Proust. Faced with the challenge of concocting an...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Marion Schmid
10,131 words, approx. 34 pages
In the following essay, Schmid discusses real historical events which are referred to in Remembrance of Things Past.
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Critical Essay by Shira Nayman
7,182 words, approx. 24 pages
In the following essay, Nayman compares the work of Mishima to Remembrance of Things Past by Marcel Proust, focusing on the conflict between writing and action, and the search for self-realization.
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Critical Essay by Susan Stewart
6,607 words, approx. 22 pages
In the following essay, Stewart argues against the notion that Proust's masterwork is a memoir rooted in nostalgia.
 


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