Proust, a Jewish Way
1st Edition
Published on 6. November 2024
312 pages
978-0-231-55886-0 (ISBN)
Description
Antoine Compagnon brings to light the vanished world of Marcel Proust's first Jewish readers and shows how it can illuminate our reading of the great novelist today.
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Antoine Compagnon is the Blanche W. Knopf Professor of French and Comparative Literature at Columbia University, professor emeritus at the Collège de France, and a member of the Académie française. He is the author of many books on subjects including Montaigne, Baudelaire, Proust, Colette, literary theory, and cultural history.
Jody Gladding is a poet who has translated dozens of works from French.
Jody Gladding is a poet who has translated dozens of works from French.
Content
Introduction
1. Ultima Verba
2. Menorah
3. A Pointless Question?
4. "The Same Degree of Heredity as Montaigne"
5. La Revue Juive
6. "The Style of the Rabbi"
7. "Making a Niche for Themselves in the French Bourgeoisie"
8. The Zohar or L'Astrée?
9. The End of the Postwar Era
10. The Baruch Tomb
11. Manuscripts Regained
Postscript
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index
1. Ultima Verba
2. Menorah
3. A Pointless Question?
4. "The Same Degree of Heredity as Montaigne"
5. La Revue Juive
6. "The Style of the Rabbi"
7. "Making a Niche for Themselves in the French Bourgeoisie"
8. The Zohar or L'Astrée?
9. The End of the Postwar Era
10. The Baruch Tomb
11. Manuscripts Regained
Postscript
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index
