Proust and Signs by Gilles Deleuze (English) Paperback Book

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Explores the work of art through Proust's masterpiece, "A La Recherche du Temps Purdu". The author approaches the narrative of Proust's masterpiece, as the apprenticeship of a man of letters. His concern is to come to a deeper understanding of the book and of art itself by tracing the network of signs laid in the text.

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Gilles Deleuze (1925-1995) was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Paris VII. He is a key figure in poststructuralism and one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century. In Proust and Signs, Deleuze explores the work of art. He approaches the narrative of Proust's masterpiece, A La Recherche du Temps Purdu, as the apprenticeship of a man of letters. his concern is to come to a deeper understanding of the book and of art itself by tracing the network of signs laid in the text. Admired at its original appearance as an imaginative and innovative study of Proust and as one of Deleuze's most accessible works, this book stands as the writer's most sustained attempt to understand and explain the work of art.

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Exploring Proust's work A La Recherche Du Temps Purdu.

Author Biography

Gilles Deleuze was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Paris VIII. Richard Howard teaches in the School of the Arts at Columbia University, USA. He has also translated works by Barthes, Foucault and Todorov.

Table of Contents

Translator's NotePreface to the Complete TextPreface to the 1972 EditionWorks by ProustPart I: The Signs1. The Types of Signs2. Signs and Truth3. Apprenticeship4. Essence and the Signs of Art5. Secondary Role of Memory6. Series and Group7. Pluralism in the System of SignsConclusion to Part I: The Image of ThoughtPart II: The Literary Machine8. Antilogos9. Cells and Vessels10. Levels of the Search11. The Three Machines12. StyleConclusion to Part II: Presence and Function of Madness: The SpiderNotes

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This book explores the work of art through Proust's masterpiece, A La Recherche du Temps Purdu.

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This book explores the work of art through Proust's masterpiece, A La Recherche du Temps Purdu.

Details ISBN0826442781 Year 2008 Translator Richard Howard ISBN-10 0826442781 ISBN-13 9780826442789 Format Paperback Imprint Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd. Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 843.912 Birth 1925 Author Richard Howard Media Book Death 1995 Series Continuum Impacts Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Language English Short Title PROUST & SIGNS Residence US Publication Date 2008-11-13 Illustrations black & white illustrations UK Release Date 2008-11-13 NZ Release Date 2008-11-13 Pages 136 Translated from English Audience Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly AU Release Date 2008-11-12 We've got this

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