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Book SynopsisExplores 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.
Table of ContentsTranslator's Note; Preface to the Complete Text; Preface to the 1972 Edition; Works by Proust; Part I: The Signs; 1. The Types of Signs; 2. Signs and Truth; 3. Apprenticeship; 4. Essence and the Signs of Art; 5. Secondary Role of Memory; 6. Series and Group; 7. Pluralism in the System of Signs; Conclusion to Part I: The Image of Thought; Part II: The Literary Machine; 8. Antilogos; 9. Cells and Vessels; 10. Levels of the Search; 11. The Three Machines; 12. Style; Conclusion to Part II: Presence and Function of Madness: The Spider; Notes.
