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Book SynopsisIn Friend and Foe, Frederick Harris examines the life and works of French authors Marcel Proust and Andrà Gide. Proust and Gide clearly defined French literature in the first part of the twentieth century. This book contains the whole of correspondence between Proust and Gide, some letters translated in English for the first time.
Trade ReviewThough targeting a general readership, the book, with its detailed analyses of these fascinating interactions, its organization (basically chronological but with certain thematic highlights), and its notes and index, should appeal to Gide or Proust scholars as well. -- Scott Manning, Susquehanna University * The French Review *
. . . the composition of the book, extremely skillful, should arouse the interest of amateurs as well as specialists. . . . One takes a lot of interest and pleasure in reading your book. -- Catherine Gide
Though targeting a general readership, the book, with its detailed analyses of these fascinating interactions, its organization (basically chronological but with certain thematic highlights), and its notes and index, should appeal to Gide or Proust scholars as well. -- Scott Manning, Susquehanna University * The French Review *
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Acknowledgments Chapter 3 Introduction Chapter 4 Beginnings Chapter 5 The Dreyfus Affair Chapter 6 From Dreyfus to Swann Chapter 7 The Quest for Publication Chapter 8 Grasset or the NRF? Chapter 9 Issues of Art Chapter 10 Homosexuality Chapter 11 The NRF and the Route to Publication Chapter 12 The War Years I: Breaking with Grasset Chapter 13 The War Years II: Signing on with the NRF Chapter 14 The Postwar Era and the NRF Chapter 15 To Sodom and Gomorrah Chapter 16 The Last Year Chapter 17 Conclusion Chapter 18 Selected Bibliography Chapter 19 Index
