Proust's famous novel A la recherche du temps perdu (Remembrance of
Things Past) is a fascinating exploration not only of memory and
desire, of high society and everyday life, but also of art. The
study focuses on Venice, one of the hero's central obsessions, and
shows how a whole network of allusions to art (from Titian to
Turner, from Ruskin to Emile Male, from Giotto to Bellini, from
Byzantine mosaic to the dresses designed by Fortuny after paintings
by Carpaccio) ties in with the hero's quest for self-knowledge and
self-fulfilment. Peter Collier demonstrates how an understanding of
the writer's artistic sources and reworkings can shed light both on
Proust's complex prose style and on the aesthetic theory proposed
by his novel. Most importantly, Venice and Italian art provide a
new key to the central themes of the novel: memory and desire.
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