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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&#...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Francés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2005.
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| Colección: | OUP E-Books.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 229 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-218) and index. |
| ISBN: | 142942169X 9781429421690 9780199256884 0199256888 9780191514517 0191514519 1280759054 9781280759055 9786610759057 6610759057 |