| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 229 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-218) and index. |
| Summary |
A fascinating study of English words and phrases in A la recherche du temps perdu, dealing both with the social comedy of French 'Anglomania' - characters who yearn to resemble 'un parfait gentleman' or invite each other to 'le five-o'clock tea' - and with Proust's profound understanding of the necessary 'impurity' of all languages and artistic creation. Karlin demonstrates that English is a significant presence in this greatest of French. masterpieces. - ;English is the 'second language' of A la recherche du temps perdu. Although much has been written about Proust's debt to English literature. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Contents |
Proust's English world -- Anglomanie -- For what fault have you most toleration? -- 'Je ne prétends pas savoir l'anglais' -- 'I do not speak French' -- Le livre des snobs -- Swann and Odette -- Enter Swann(s) -- 'La dame en rose' -- Odette's smarts -- Odette orchidophile, Odette orchidée -- Odette en fleurs -- Swann's way with words -- 'C'est bien ce qu'on appelle un gentleman?' -- L'israélite du Jockey -- 'D'origine anglaise' -- Choses normandes -- Balbec as found -- Le Grand-Hôtel de Balbec-Cabourg -- Le sport -- Painter of modern life -- Les Mots retrouvés -- Un Englische; un English -- Du pur vocabulaire -- Qu'est-ce que l'Anglais? -- Etymology and deformation -- Un arriviste digne de louange. |
| Language |
Text is in English and French. |
| Subject |
Proust, Marcel, 1871-1922 -- Language.
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Proust, Marcel, 1871-1922. |
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Proust, Marcel, 1871-1922 -- Language. |
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French language -- Foreign words and phrases -- English.
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French language -- Foreign words and phrases -- English. |
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England -- In literature.
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England. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Karlin, Daniel, 1953- Proust's English. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005 0199256888 (DLC) 2005019763 (OCoLC)60931408 |
| ISBN |
142942169X (electronic book) |
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9781429421690 (electronic book) |
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9780199256884 (Cloth) |
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0199256888 (Cloth) |
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9780191514517 (electronic book) |
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0191514519 (electronic book) |
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1280759054 |
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9781280759055 |
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