Proust as Musician

Type:
boek
Titel:
Proust as Musician
Andere titel:
Proust musicien
Auteur:
Nattiez, Jean-Jacques; Puffet, Derrick
Jaar:
1989
Onderwerp:
Proust, Marcel
Beethoven, Ludwig van
Wagner, Richard
Debussy, Claude
Music philosophy and esthetics
Literature
Taal:
Engels
Uitgever:
Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1989
Plaatsnummer:
ORPH.BIO PROU e (Orpheus Instituut)
ISBN:
9780521363495
Paginering:
140 pages
Samenvatting:
Throughout A la recherche du temps perdu, and particularly Swann in Love, Proust displays a surprising sensitivity to the way music is heard, a sensitivity to which we owe some of the most beautiful writing on music. Music as a model for literature: this is the subject of Nattiez's book, which unravels the various musical themes running through Proust's work, and which constitutes a particularly lucid and perceptive introduction to his writing. Through a study of the texts devoted to the Sonata and Septet of Vinteuil, the author demonstrates the fundamental role played by music in the evolution of the novel, and shows how Debussy, Wagner, and Beethoven provide the basis for a mystical quest whose goal is pure music and the literary absolute.
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