Muhlstein, Anka 1935- creator text bibliography nyu New York Other Press c2012 2012 monographic eng

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xiv, 141 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. Reading was so important to Marcel Proust that it sometime seems that he was unable to create a personage without a book in hand. Everybody in his work reads: servants and masters, children and parents, artists and physicians. The more sophisticated characters find it natural to speak in quotations. Proust made literary taste a means of defining personalities and gave literature an actual role to play in his novels. First impressions and lasting influences -- Foreign incursions -- Good readers and bad readers -- A homosexual reader: Baron de Charlus -- Racine: a second language -- The Goncourts -- Bergotte: the writer in the novel. Anka Muhlstein. Includes bibliographical references. Proust, Marcel 1871-1922 Books and reading Proust, Marcel 1871-1922 Libros y lectura Proust, Marcel 1871-1922 Characters Libros y lectura PQ 2631 M952m 2012 843/.912 9781590515662 (hc. : acidfree paper) 1590515668 (hc. : acidfree paper) 2012021629 DLC 120529 20230411090804.0 17322845 eng