Proust as Musician
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- Author: Jean-Jacques Nattiez
- Translator: Derrick Puffett
- Date Published: November 2006
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521028028
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Does one need to know the rules of harmony to be considered a musician? 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. Through a study of the texts devoted to the Sonata and Septet of Vinteui, Jean-Jacques Nattiez demonstrates the fundamental role played by music in the evolution of the novel. He also shows how Debussy, Wagner and Beethoven provide the basis for a mystical quest whose goal is pure music and the literary absolute. Music as model for literature: this is the subject of Professor Nattiez's essay, which unravels the various musical themes running through Proust's work, and which thus constitutes a particularly clear and perceptive introduction to his writing.
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- Date Published: November 2006
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521028028
- length: 140 pages
- dimensions: 216 x 140 x 10 mm
- weight: 0.194kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Preface to the English edition
Translator's note
1. Introduction: beyond the 'little phrase'
2. Parsifal as redemptive model for the redemptive work
3. Music as redemptive model for literature
4. From Vinteuil to Schopenhauer
5. In conclusion: quest for the essence and denial of the origin
Appendix: passages from A la recherche translated in the text
Notes
References
Index.
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